The Marcos administration increased its domestic borrowing program for November, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed on Wednesday, Oct. 25. In a memorandum posted on the Treasury website, the bureau stated that the national government aims to borrow P225 billion from the domestic market...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 11 agencies were affected by the House of Representatives' rationalization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has expressed confidence that the realignments to the confidential funds would be adopted in the bicameral...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Some P194 billion worth of realignments--a lot of which have to do with addressing the problem of fast inflation--have been identified in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024. This was...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook) A government agency that's deemed not entitled to confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) must be completely stripped of such funds. Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomed the passage on third and final reading of House Bill (HB) No. 7922 or "An Act Establishing A Voucher System for Poor and Academically Qualified Students of Private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Private Technical-Vocational Institutions...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) At least 10 agencies will be affected by the House leadership's planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed its full support to the consolidation and passage into law of two Senate bills which seek to address the issue on workers' contractualization "not only to protect the laborers' rights but also to ensure that businesses will thrive." "The need to...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has defended the constitutionality of the House-approved 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) in relation to the planned realignment of confidential...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The expeditious House approval of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024 shows the chamber's commitment to the welfare of the Filipino people and its enduring...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) being the dominant talking point, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading on Wednesday night, Sept. 27 the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
President Marcos on Tuesday, Sept. 26, certified the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers as urgent, effectively asking the Senate, where the bill is currently pending, for its immediate passage. Filipino seafarers (Photos from the Maritime Industry Authority) A statement from the...
