Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Wednesday, January 22 rejected claims there were supposedly items in the P6.3-trillion General Appropriations Act of 2025 that were left blank. In a press briefing at the Senate, Escudero said he found such claims preposterous considering...
House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro and former ACT Teachers Representative Antonio Tinio on Tuesday, December 31, denounced the signing of what they perceived to be a "deceptive" version of the P 6.3-trillion national budget for 2025. Both lawmakers said President Ferdinand...
For Senator Imee Marcos, President Marcos' veto powers are not enough to resolve the deep problems entrenched in the "very bad" P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB)."Di sapat ang line item veto kasi malalim at matindi ang problema ng very bad budget na ito (The line item veto is...
Senator Imee Marcos appealed to his brother, President Marcos to scrutinize the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) before signing it."Nananawagan ako sa aking kapatid, ang ating mahal na Pangulong Bongbong - kung mahina ang aking boses mag-isa, ngayon nawa ay marinig mo...
All is not lost as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. still has the power to ask the bicameral conference committee to reconvene and fix all the contentious items in the final version of the P6.532 trillion national budget for 2025, Sen. Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said. Zubiri...
The Bicameral Conference Committee has retained the P733-million budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) under the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB).This was disclosed by Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, December 11, after the...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will get zero subsidy in the P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget.This was according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe, citing that they still have their P600 billion reserve fund."Nakita natin PhilHealth, yung subsidiya na...
Only a few major differences will be tacked by the bicameral conference committee on disagreeing provisions of the 2025 budget according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Grace Poe.Sen. Grace L. Poe delivers her opening remarks as the head of Senate panel and chairperson of the Committee on...
Voting 18-0-1, the Senate approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, Nov. 26, House Bill 10800 or the P6.352 trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB).In plenary, Senator Grace Poe enumerated during the period of committee amendments how the Senate maximized the budget to secure the...
From left to right: House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co. (Speaker's office)
The House of Representatives officially received the P5.768-trillion National...
Marc Custodio began brightly but flickered in the stretch last Friday night, May 19, to settle for the silver medal in the Youth boy's division of the Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships at the Coronado Lanes inside the Starmall in Mandaluyong.
*Marc Custodio (second from...
The MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) and the GAB (Games and Amusements Board) will work together for the betterment of the league and local basketball in general.
*GAB Chairman Atty. Richard Clarin*
GAB Chairman Atty Richard Clarin and MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes made this...
