The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives is bent on approving the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) on third and final reading on Wednesday, Sept. 25 after two weeks of...
(Left) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Facebook) Leaders of the Committee on Appropriations have called on their colleagues in the House of Representatives to prioritize the immediate passage of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives switches gears on Monday, Sept. 16 from the just-concluded committee level deliberations on the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget to the even...
With much fuss around the budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in the House of Representatives, Senator Grace Poe said the Upper Chamber would approve or modify the budget based on the merits of the proposals of each office — not on who sits as its head. "Every department will...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he is hoping that the impasse between the House of Representatives and Vice President Sara Duterte will end soon in a more favorable note. This, after the House of Representatives committee on appropriations recommended slashing the proposed...
Amid talks that the House of Representatives plans to give the Office of the Vice President (OVP) a lower budget for 2025, Vice President Sara Duterte assured that she and her office prepared to work even without government funding. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte...
Vice President Sara Duterte declined once again to defend the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed P2.037-billion budget for 2025, as she did not attend the second budget hearing at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara...
The P200 billion to be remitted by the national government from government-owned and controlled corporations will fund the salary increases of government employees and infrastructure programs. In his opening speech for the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Department of Finance (DOF)...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) receives copy of the 2025 NEP from DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Speaker’s office) Job creation, quality education, expanded health care, and social protection are among the main thrusts of the...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on Monday, July 8, instructed the Department of Health (DOH) to enforce its no balance billing (NBB) policy to include indigent patients that were staying in private wards because of...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, has allocated P500 million to help ensure stable and more reliable power supply for the province of Albay in Bicol. Ako Bicol Party-List Rep. Zaldy Co,...
Angara gave this assurance to the country’s public school teachers. Previously known as the chalk allowance, the teaching supplies allowance is meant for the purchase of tangible or intangible supplies and materials, the payment of other incidental expenses, and the implementation or...
