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The country’s judiciary will get more support from the government if Senator Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Pacquiao wins in the presidential race.

BUTUAN CITY – In an effort to sustain their rehabilitation effort on typhoon-hit local government units in Northeastern Mindanao or The Caraga region, the government utilized another P31,123,930 budget for rehabilitation assistance under the 2022 Quick Response Fund (QRF) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

Senatorial candidate Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero on Friday, April 8 said the Department of Education (DepEd) should immediately release the funds intended for its field offices to prepare public schools across the country for face-to-face classes.

If there’s one program that the UniTeam tandem of former senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio would want to resuscitate, it’s the CHED Scholarship Program or CSP.

The problems concerning the country’s healthcare sector that were exposed during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic will remain high up on the list of priorities of Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo ‘”Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente Sotto III even as the nation shifts its attitudes toward the health crisis.

Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez signed an ordinance appropriating a P10-billion budget for the operating expenditures of the city government this year.

Amid the challenges brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented 96 percent of its total funds.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Jan. 4, said that the higher allocation for 2022 would be vital in its initiatives this year — including the planned expansion of limited face-to-face classes nationwide.

The Department of Education (DepEd) officially announced that it would receive a higher allocation this year following the approval of the 2022 national budget.

House Deputy Speaker and Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab has suggested tapping the remaining Quick Response Fund (QRF) of various national government agencies to help raise the P10 billion fund promised by President Duterte as assistance to those affected by Typhoon “Odette.”

President Duterte asked the local chief executives of the areas ravaged by Typhoon Odette to give the government more time to come up with the money to help them return to normal as he explained anew that most of the country’s funds went to the fight against COVID-19.

President Duterte has committed P2 billion to help those affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Odette late this week, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced.

President Duterte said the government is still trying to raise the needed money to help the people affected by typhoon “Odette”, since most of the country’s funds were funneled to its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response efforts.

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso approved the P2.5 billion 2022 budget proposal for the Special Education Fund (SEF) for the city on Thursday, Dec. 16.

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Nov. 29, said she wants to review the allocation of the agricultural budget, reroute it to agricultural subsectors that need it the most, and retrain farmers to plant high-demand crops.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking a P181.6 million budget allocation for the establishment of a preliminary treatment and storage facility for COVID-19-related health care waste.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque doesn’t think Congress–in particular, the Senate–would allow a reenacted national budget to be signed for 2022, an election year.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque justified on Thursday, Sept. 30 the certification as urgent of the P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB), calling it a “pandemic budget”.