Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. encouraged local chief executives (LCEs) to actively support the younger population's role in addressing pressing climate issues ahead of the celebration of the National Day for Youth Climate Action and...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has called on the Senate to ensure that deliberations on the budgets of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Department of National Defense (DND) are tagged as confidential to prevent insurgents from getting information...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) lauded on Thursday, Nov. 10, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for its major contribution to the successes of the National Action Plan on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (NAP P/CVE). In a statement, the DILG...
The Senate has approved the proposed P32.4 billion 2023 budget of the Department of Finance (DOF) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) along with their attached agencies and state-owned companies. Senator Juan Edgardo M. Angara, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, sponsored and defended...
The Senate has approved the proposed budget for next year of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the Department of Finance (DOF), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC). The proposed budget of the DBM for...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is ramping up efforts to improve and bring mental health services closer to communities. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, Nov. 9, conducted a meeting with other health officials at the National Center for Mental Health in...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Wednesday, November 9 sought the realignment of the Marcos administration’s P9.3-billion intelligence and confidential funds (CIFs). If this is not possible, Pimentel said these funds should be used for food, ‘ayuda’ (financial...
The Marcos government’s P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 is very much aligned to the administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF), which would serve as the country’s blueprint to full economic recovery, Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara said on Tuesday,...
A House panel on Tuesday, Nov. 8, approved four proposed measures that would institutionalize Philippine National Games that will serve as a training ground for budding athletes that will develop the local sports scene. Filipino student-athletes (Photo from DepEd/MANILA BULLETIN) In a majority vote...
Benchmark interest rates for short-term loans rose anew, forcing the national government reduced its borrowing ceiling. At Monday's auction of short-term IOUs, the Bureau of the Treasury awarded only P6.7 billion of debt papers, less than half of its P15 billion program for the week. National...
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...
