The Senate subcommittee on finance has approved the proposed budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. The DMW has proposed a P15.542-billion appropriation for next year. Of the amount, P11.9-billion would be allocated to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will have extended work weeks for the rest of the month in a bid to stay on track with its target passage date of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) It's basically all systems go for the plenary debates of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024 after the House Committee on Appropriations approved on Thursday morning, Sept. 14 the schedule for the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 contains P2.398 trillion in Special Purpose Funds (SPF), the lion's share of which will go to local government units (LGUs). This was learned by the Congressional Policy and...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After 33 days, the House Committee on Appropriations adjourned on Tuesday night, Sept. 12 its grueling per agency budget deliberations on the proppsed 2024 national budget. "Madam chairman, I move...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte thanked President Marcos and several officials of the current administration for backing the transfer of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) from the Office of the President (OP) to her office in 2022. Vice President and Education Secretary...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) As expected, the House Committee on Appropriations extended "parliamentary courtesy" to the Office of the President (OP) Tuesday, Sept. 5, resulting to the swift termination of the...
Have you ever wondered how the government spends its money? There is a common misconception that the national budget, known as the General Appropriations Act (GAA), is fully funded and that cash is readily available for all government programs and projects. However, let us set the record straight...
The Senate Committee on Finance on Monday, September 4 approved the proposed P2.3-billion budget of the Office of the Vice President for 2024, including its controversial P500-million proposed allocation for confidential and intelligence funds. Vice President Sara Duterte attends the Senate...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez had earlier vowed that congressmen will pass the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or national budget for 2024 in just five weeks. Four of these...
The late DMW Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople House Speaker Martin Romualdez had earlier vowed that congressmen will pass the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or national budget for 2024 in just five weeks. Four of these weeks will be...
