The Marcos administration exceeded its programmed allocations by over half a trillion pesos in 2024, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Preliminary data from the DBM showed that releases from last year’s budget breached the ₱6-trillion mark as it hit ₱6.37...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (PPAB) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe poked holes into the falsification of public documents charge that were filed against him, Speaker Martin...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, PPAB) Administration critics shouldn't use House Speaker Martin Romualdez as a cover up for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Thus, said House...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman emphasized her commitment to making the country’s budget process more transparent amid calls from civil society and business groups. In a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 6, Pangandaman recalled that the DBM launched last...
The country’s leading business groups are calling for sweeping reforms in the national budget process to ensure that long-term economic stability is prioritized amid controversies surrounding this year’s budget. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Feb. 5, published on Makati Business Club’s...
Amid criticisms against the enacted budget of 2025, President Marcos urged public officials, who graduated from the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), to help his administration ensure that the budget given to the offices they belong to is spent wisely. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Davao del Norte 1st district congressman and former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said the P6.352-trillion General...
Malacañang stayed tight-lipped over a petition lodged before the Supreme Court against the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), saying it is "too soon to comment" about the matter. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said it was too early to comment on the...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) or national budget for 2025 is complete and lawful, House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice Chairperson...
Ignore the noise and focus on uplifting the lives of Filipinos, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin told public servants. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (Photo courtesy of PCO) In his speech at the 2025 Budget Execution Forum on Friday, Jan. 24, Bersamin urged fellow public servants to renew...
Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega believes that former president Rodrigo Duterte's claims of "‘blank appropriations’ in the P6.352-trillion national budget this...
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...
