A House leader has asked his congressman-colleagues to realign funds to the government’s "libreng sakay" or free ride program in order to keep it going beyond 2022. (Photo from DOTr) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this appeal at the start of the House Committee on...
The Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) did not withhold income taxes amounting to P3.268 billion after procuring P11.806 billion in Covid-19-related items from non-resident foreign corporations (NRFCs), thus resulting in loss of revenue on the part of the national...
A Makabayan solon wants to know the nitty-gritty of the proposed P10-billion budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development Program under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget. Representatives of the...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is wondering why the budget for the construction of classrooms and housing is relatively low compared to the rest of the items under the P1.196-trillion infrastructure budget. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas's Facebook) “Nasa...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez asserted on Thursday, Aug. 25, that the proposed 2023 national budget would respond to the needs of Filipinos, especially in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Photo from House of Representatives via Twitter) He said in a statement...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri vowed on Wednesday, Aug. 24 the early passage of the proposed 2023 P5.288 trillion national budget of the Marcos administration. Zubiri said the speedy Senate committee hearings and the expected early passage of the proposed budget is anchored on the fact that...
The Bureau of the Treasury clarified that the principal debt payment earmarked by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) next year is not part of President Marcos’ proposed national budget. National Treasurer Rosalia V. De Leon said on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that budget for principal payment,...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to restore the budget cuts made to the University of the Philippines (UP) System and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was true to his word. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga described the significant budgetary increase that the executive branch has asked for the...
Aside from sugar, the Philippines is now also experiencing shortage of salt, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 23. This is the reason, according to DA Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, why they will be including P100 million. in the 2023 national budget...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
The biggest problem when it comes to the national budget is spending it properly. Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) This was the gist of House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto's statement Monday, Aug. 22, which he gave on the same day that the lower chamber received the...
