The marijuana plant The measure seeking to legalize the medical use of marijuana or cannabis was overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading on late Tuesday afternoon, July 30 by the House of Representatives. Gaining final...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (PPAB) House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe said the lower allocation for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in the proposed national budget for...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) still has P500-billion in its chest fund that it can use dedicatedly for the improvement of its health packages for the benefit of its members. PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr. made this...
The P200 billion to be remitted by the national government from government-owned and controlled corporations will fund the salary increases of government employees and infrastructure programs. In his opening speech for the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Department of Finance (DOF)...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is scheduling fresh round of green energy auction (GEA) by the fourth quarter this year to cover the unsubscribed capacity in the last competitive bidding - and the distinctive feature of the forthcoming tender will be on packaging it as integrated renewable energy...
How to define "things that go bump in the night" in today’s world, is taken up by some of the novels assembled here. Then there’s literary fiction of a high order. Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett Like it’s been stripped from the headlines of your favorite news portal,...
Department of Finance (DOF) Ralph Recto clarified on Tuesday, July 30, that the remittance of P89.9 billion in unused funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is not illegal. Recto said this during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, as he addressed...
(Left) House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for fiscal year 2025 includes the P253.4-billion...
Weddings are among the magical moments in life. With its romantic ambiance, a sumptuous feast, and people high in love, it is the very definition of a fairy tale turned into a reality. The thing is, it takes a village for such a fantasy to come to life. To help soon-to-wed couples achieve their...
The national government intends to slash the budget for state universities and colleges (SUCs) next year by around P14 billion, based on the data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). According to the National Expenditure Program (NEP) submitted by the DBM to the Congress on Monday,...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives officially received on Monday, July 29, the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or the proposed national budget for 2025. Like past budget measures, next year's NEP has its own...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Marcos administration is asking for P2 billion less confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed...
