After years of funding drought, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will finally get it’s much-awaited and -deserved budget hike—set to be at P102.15 billion next year—under the Marcos administration, Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto said on Sunday, Aug. 28. House...
A Visayas lawmaker has raised concerns on the relatively low budgets allocated to Regions 6, 7, and 8, despite it having the same percentage of voting population as Mindanao, as well as being the places where President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has “won handily". Aklan 2nd District Rep....
House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto on Saturday, Aug. 27, raised a red flag on Malacañang’s allotment of P588 billion for “unprogrammed appropriations” in the 2023 national budget. (Photo from Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto’s office) Recto, a representative of Batangas's 6th district, revealed the...
A House leader has asked his congressman-colleagues to realign funds to the government’s "libreng sakay" or free ride program in order to keep it going beyond 2022. (Photo from DOTr) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made this appeal at the start of the House Committee on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez asserted on Thursday, Aug. 25, that the proposed 2023 national budget would respond to the needs of Filipinos, especially in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Photo from House of Representatives via Twitter) He said in a statement...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that his administration's proposed national budget for 2023 worth P5.268 trillion is anchored on what he called the "Agenda for Prosperity" that aims to achieve his medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal objectives. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos...
A House minority bloc official who used to be a ranking member of the majority bloc has vowed a thorough scouring of the proposed 2023 national budget. Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera According to Deputy Minority Leader and Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette...
The budget season official starts on Monday, Aug. 22 at the House of Representatives as the 311-strong chamber is set to receive the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for the year 2023. Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) The proposed national budget from the executive branch, dubbed...
Budget season in the House of Representatives can be a very nerve-racking experience for first-time congressmen. PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles (left) and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos Luckily for neophytes in the current 19th Congress, there are those like Senior Deputy Majority...
Malacañang said the Executive Branch is set to submit its proposed national budget for 2023 to Congress on August 22, days after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) submits the necessary documents to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) vowed to pass on time President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s first full-year budget with the cooperation of Congress. At the Post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) Economic Briefing on Tuesday, July 26, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the...
