The bicameral conference committee has approved the proposal to earmark P500-million in financial assistance for Related Learning Experience (RLE) in the 2026 national budget. As it is, students in allied health sciences programs will receive the much-needed financial assistance once the final...
The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) on Tuesday, December 16, welcomed the historic livestreaming of the bicameral budget deliberations, saying the move marks a significant step toward greater transparency and public participation in the national budget process. In a...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday, Dec. 16, acknowledged gaps in its construction materials data that forced a reset of stalled budget deliberations. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon apologized to the Senate Committee on Finance for submitting incomplete Construction...
La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The lack of familiarity or knowledge with the proposed P2.037-billion 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) could be the reason why Vice...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre says Vice President Sara Duterte “deliberate snub” of the deliberations of her own...
A screenshot of ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro’s review of the squid dish (Castro’s X account) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro “reviewed” the pusit (squid) dish that Vice President Sara Duterte missed out...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The 2025 budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) didn't push through as originally scheduled on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the House of Representatives. This was the first deviation from the...
(Unsplash) The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) told a House of Representatives panel that it has identified five allied healthcare professions that will face “supply and demand” challenges in terms of manpower. During the budget deliberations of the agency before the...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (PPAB) Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco is urging his colleagues in Congress to fully support the approval of the proposed P253.3-billion allocation for the government’s social assistance and cash...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe said committee inquiries, such as those on the extrajudicial killings (EJKs)...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 27, thanked members of the House of Representatives, including the principal sponsor of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed P2.3-billion budget for 2024, after heated budget deliberations. (From left, 1st row)...
The P5.268-trillion national budget ratified by Congess will include support for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) that will benefit thousands of Filipino learners. (This photo was taken in Quezon City by the DepEd in September 2021.) Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
