DBM allots P1.4 B to support youth job seekers By JAMES A. LOYOLA The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) assured funding for the strategic programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that aim to provide jobs to Filipino youth. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said they...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced that the government will pay the one-year health insurance premiums of senior citizens nationwide. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said that DBM will release P42.93 billion to settle the health insurance premiums of over...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is crossing his fingers that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) would be able to source funds for the 100 percent increase in the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens. “In the face of the still elevated inflation, the doubling of...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the Marcos administration would support the modernization of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said Tuesday, March 28, that the government has allocated...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman assured that the national government has enough revenues to shoulder the additional budget to be given to local government units (LGUs) for the implementation of the Supreme Court's Mandanas ruling. During a Palace briefing, the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered his development committee to further study the previous administration's order in the implementation of the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling on the correct share of local governments in national taxes. Department of Budget and Management (DBM)...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it has lined up several initiatives aimed at achieving open government and ensuring fiscal transparency. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said she is supporting the promotion of open governance and fiscal transparency, which is...
Road infrastructure in known tourist destinations in the country will receive higher funding from the national government this year, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the government plans to construct, reconstruct,...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
The House Committee on Appropriations' decision to hold a briefing with the country’s top economic managers Tuesday, Feb. 28 was in line with the Chief Executive's order to improve the lives of Filipinos. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
A group of education workers on Thursday, Feb. 23, expressed disappointment over the “obvious aversion” of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to the calls for a salary increase for teachers. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “Instead of recognizing the economic hardships of public...
Lawmakers grilled a Department of Budget and Management (DBM) official on Wednesday, Feb. 22, about how much the government would need to spend to create the proposed Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR). Malasakit at Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. (Photo from House of...
