(MANILA BULLETIN) The P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 contains P2.398 trillion in Special Purpose Funds (SPF), the lion's share of which will go to local government units (LGUs). This was learned by the Congressional Policy and...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After 33 days, the House Committee on Appropriations adjourned on Tuesday night, Sept. 12 its grueling per agency budget deliberations on the proppsed 2024 national budget. "Madam chairman, I move...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri believes that the country should use the furor among other nations caused by the release of China's 10-dash line in its new standard map to its own advantage by gathering allies in asserting sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Zubiri made...
The Philippine government plans to borrow $1 billion from the Islamic debt market, marking the country's first venture into this type of financing, the Bureau of the Treasury said. In a briefing in Dubai, National Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon said that Manila aims to raise approximately P56.6...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Tuesday, Sept. 12 said it welcomes potential investors to prioritize projects in Mindanao, particularly in the energy and agricultural sectors. At the Philippine dialogue with investors in Doha, Qatar, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M....
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) has arrested a woman from Naga City, southern Cebu allegedly involved in an investment scam. Eva Ferraris made her victims believe that she was a rice trader and enticed them to invest in her business, said NBI-7 Director...
A total of 935 policemen were dismissed from the service while almost 3,000 others were penalized for various offenses from Jan. 1, 2022 to Aug. 30 this year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 12. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the penalties imposed were...
Sen. Robin Padilla on Monday, Sept. 11 pushed for clearer regulations on Halal certification amid the confusion brought by having two different agencies involved in the certification and accreditation. Sen. Robin Padilla presides over the Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs...
A total of 474 people, including soldiers and policemen, were arrested in the implementation of the nationwide gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the same gun ban implementation since Aug. 28 also resulted in the confiscation...
LONDON, England – The Department of Energy (DOE) is seriously planning installations for a ‘parallel green grid system’ that will underpin the integration of mammoth renewable energy (RE) facilities, primarily the 50-gigawatt offshore wind (OSW) ramp up which is the dominant technology cast...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Some 475 police officers with relatives who are candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 were reassigned to different provincial police offices (PPOs), the Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) said on Monday, September 11. In an interview,...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Office of the Ombudsman set itself apart from other agencies in the ongoing House budget hearings by explicitly saying that it won't ask the solons for more money in terms of appropriations for next...
