Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has called on the Senate to support the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) appeal for additional funding for its 2026 budget to boost the country’s agricultural sector. Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform,...
President Marcos does not want a reenacted budget, so Malacañang has urged lawmakers to speed up the work. "Bilisan ang trabaho. Dapat bilisan ang pag-aaral (Speed up the work. The study should be expedited)!" Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said in a briefing...
The Senate on Tuesday, December 2 opened the period of amendments to the proposed 2026 national budget. This, after the Upper Chamber experienced a setback following a fire that hit one of the offices at the third floor last Sunday, November 30, and pushed back the budget schedule for this week....
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero lauded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for pursuing evidence-based investigations on the issue of flood control budget irregularities. Escudero made the commendation on Tuesday, November 25 during the Senate plenary deliberations on the Department...
The Senate on Monday, November 24 night rallied behind the Department of Education (DepEd) and its leadership under Secretary Sonny Angara, approving the agency’s proposed P1.044-trillion budget for 2026. The said amount is considered the largest in the country’s history, as senators commit...
A group of education workers on Wednesday, November 19, rejected the government’s claim of a “record-breaking” P1.28-trillion education budget for 2026, calling it misleading and insufficient to address the deepening crisis in the country’s public school system. In a statement, Alliance of...
Following the government’s historic P1.38 trillion allocation for the education sector, an industry-led advocacy group urged lawmakers on Wednesday, November 19, to ensure full transparency in the 2026 national budget process. Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) Executive Director Bal Camua,...
Despite the recent movement in the Cabinet, Malacañang made an assurance that the national budget for next year will be passed on time. Palace Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro gave an assurance that changes of leadership in the Department of Finance (DOF) and...
The Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev) is considering crafting a river basin master plan by next year, Senate Finance Committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian said on Monday, November 17. Gatchalian, who sponsored the budget of the DEPDev during the deliberations on the proposed...
The Senate is planning to approve next year’s budget that is lower than the Executive department’s proposal under the National Expenditure Program (NEP), Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said. Sotto disclosed this during an interview at the sidelines of the turnover ceremony of...
The Senate will no longer allow “alien” provisions to be included in the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this was the agreement in the Senate to make the budget process open “all the way to the bicam, and all the...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Tuesday, November 4 urged lawmakers to ensure that the P60-billion budget returned to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) must be kept in the 2026 national budget. As ordered by President Marcos, Cayetano said the President’s directive should not only be...
