A modern government media facility will soon rise in the Visayas after an allocation of ₱ 200 million has been approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Thursday, Aug. 12, that the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified recipients in Metro Manila went smoothly amid stricter rules on health and safety protocols. In a Viber message, Año stated that the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects to receive a budget of only P72 billion for 2022. This is only slightly higher than the actual budget it was supposed to receive in 2021 and is way lower compared with the P250 billion allocation the agency proposed for next year. Department of Agriculture...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged state economic managers to reconsider allocating huge funds for the security sector for next year amid the “skyrocketing” national debt and a growing budget deficit. Drilon said he is dismayed at the negative growth in the social services sector...
Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has sought for a supplemental budget of P278 million to ensure that all qualified recipients in the National Capital Region (NCR) will receive the national government’s financial assistance (ayuda). In a briefing with the President, Año...
The House of Representatives has assured civil society organizations participation in annual budget deliberations in Congress following the passage on third and final reading of the bill to pursue this purpose. San Jose del Monte City Rep. Rida Robes With 200 affirmative and six negative votes, the...
A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Saturday, August 7, that the department may request for about P6.71 billion in the proposed Bayanihan 3 for the hiring of the additional 25,000 contact tracers as part of the government's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the government released nearly P11 billion to fund the cash assistance needed for Metro Manila during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). ayuda In a statement, the budget department said Friday, August 6, that a total of P10.89...
President Duterte has an option to ask for a supplemental budget from Congress if the government funds won't be enough for the cash assistance to people affected by the pandemic lockdown, according to a Palace official. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) But for now, Presidential...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will ask the national government for an additional budget of P2 billion in order to sustain its one-time cash assistance program for workers who have been affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
Malacañang said that even though Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado was on medical leave, he was able to submit to the Palace the Executive Department's final proposed budget for 2022. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado (Manila Bulletin, Malacañang file...
Even with the physical absence of Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado, Senator Panfilo Lacon on Monday, August 2, said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has an "abundance of competent and capable" officials to answer questions on the P5-trillion proposed 2022 national budget before senators...
