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 Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the commitment during his meeting with the local chief executives when he visited...
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. President Duterte leads the virtual briefing on the effects of...
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. The SEF will be used to rehabilitate schools and supplement beneficiary programs for students and teachers in Manila. The proposed...
The Senate on Wednesday ratified the reconciled version of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budet for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, assured that next year’s budget, which would be submitted to President...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
The bicameral conference committee has set the proposed budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) under the proposed 2022 national budget to P17.1-billion. Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Sonny Angara disclosed this after the Senate and House of...
The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) could hit 5.5 percent growth for this year as more sectors of the economy are reopened and mobility restrictions are eased, according to the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC). The DBCC, an inter-agency body that sets the country's...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles assured the public that the country will have ample vaccine supply for booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) next year. (Photos from Karlo Nograles's Facebook/ Keith Bacongco) Nograles, in a virtual press...
The bill which seeks to extend the availability of the 2021 appropriations up to December 31, 2022 has hurdled second reading at the Senate. The Senate approved House Bill No. 10373 which seeks to extend the validity of the 2021 national budget with Senator Panfilo Lacson manifesting his dissent on...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said bared his proposed amendments to the P5-trillion national budget for 2022, which includes slashing a total of over P9-billion questionable worth of appropriations. In a statement, Lacson said he proposed reduction of funds for items such as farm-to-market...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday vowed to ensure there would be sufficient funding for the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) to prevent the government’s debt to private schools from accumulating and risk affecting beneficiaries of the program. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate...
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. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo...
