Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has vowed to fight for the earmarking of funds for the construction of a local viaduct in the proposed 2023 national budget. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (PPAB) In a press briefing in his district office...
The House of Representatives will ratify the proposed P5.268-trillion 2023 national budget and approve, on third reading, around 16 to 18 priority measures of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) before Congress goes on Christmas break on Dec. 17, according to House...
Senator Francis Tolentino said he supports calls that seek to make the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 be more flexible and responsive to future natural and man-made disasters. Tolentino pitched for an adaptive and receptive 2023 national budget following the onslaught of Severe...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, October 10 said the first Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting hosted by Malacanang is a ‘’success.’’ This after the Senate and the House of Representative leaderships presented their common legislative priorities...
House Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos will finally be able to put an end to the "politically-tainted" construction of covered courts in his home district if and when the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 gets enacted. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. who is about to hit his first 100 days in office, has done a "great job" so far as a leader according to House Speaker Martin Romualdez. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) looks over to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. during the recent UNGA in...
Although Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. has expressed support for the P5.268-trillion 2023 national budget, he underscored the need to ensure this will benefit the underprivileged and marginalized as he asked for an increased budget for several government programs. Camarines...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to consider adopting a policy where government agencies would be the ones to procure for themselves any items or devices allocated for them in the National Expenditure Program (NEP). Cayetano said this would help...
Amid runaway prices of basic goods and an uncertain economic future, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading Wednesday night, Sept. 28, the biggest annual spending plan in the country's history. (PPAB) Hurdling the 311-strong lower chamber was the 2023 General Appropriations...
Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Badoy is “not even a consultant” for the Office of the President (OP) or the anti-insurgency task force, a lawmaker said on Wednesday, Sept. 28, amid the controversy the former official stirred...
The House of Representatives expects to conclude on Wednesday night, Sept 28 the plenary debates on the 2023 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) worth P5.268 trillion, after which they will immediately approve the measure on second and third reading. The House plenary (PPAB) "Tomorrow, we are...
The power of the purse belongs to the House of Representatives, and for this reason the lower chamber has embarked on a mission to pass the P5.268-trillion proposed national budget for 2023 on or before Oct. 1 this year. The House plenary (Ellson A. Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House members...
