Malacañang said at least P240 billion would be required to fund the government's coronavirus response efforts in 2022. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday pressed Lloyd Christopher Lao, a former aide of Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, to explain to the Senate the circumstances behind the Department of Health’s (DOH) transfer of P42.4-billion budget to the Department of Budget and Management’s...
The Delta variant-driven lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the virus triggered the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) to significantly slash its economic growth outlook for the year. The DBCC, an inter-agency body tasked to set the country’s macroeconomic targets, further...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has labeled as "misleading" the news reports saying that only a measly 1 percent of its P5.56-billion fund for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ended up being...
The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), an inter-agency body tasked to set the government’s macroeconomic targets, will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, August 18, to reassess the country’s recovery amid the mutating coronavirus. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III But ahead of the...
The Duterte government will seek the swift passage of a proposed ₱ 5.024 trillion national budget for next year to sustain its pandemic response, social services, infrastructure development, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The bulk of the proposed 2022...
A total of P3,299,290 cash aid (ayuda) has been distributed so far more than three million qualified beneficiaries in the National Capital Region (NCR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. In a briefing with President Duterte, Año said the figure...
Malacañang recognized the need to add more funds to improve the capacity of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) to trace the different coronavirus (COVID-19) variants in the country. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (RTVM Screenshot) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday, August 15 warned that more Filipinos would go hungry if the proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) is further slashed. Pangilinan is reacting to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported plan to cut DA’s proposed...
Despite the Commission on Audit’s (COA) clarification that it is “premature” to conclude that the P67 billion worth of “deficiencies” it found in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of pandemic funds is linked to corruption, Vice President Leni Robredo has flagged the unspent 2020...
The Duterte government endured "a great loss" after Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado tendered his resignation due to health reasons. President Rodrigo Duterte Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado shake hands following the latter's oath-taking ceremony in Malacañang on August 5, 2019. (Malacañang)...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has expressed concern over the resignation of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Wendel Avisado, ahead of the submission of the proposed 2022 national budget to Congress. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon in a hearing of the Senate Blue...
