Malacañang said at least P240 billion would be required to fund the government's coronavirus response efforts in 2022. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI...
The Duterte government will seek the swift passage of a proposed ₱ 5.024 trillion national budget for next year to sustain its pandemic response, social services, infrastructure development, among others. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The bulk of the proposed 2022...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects to receive a budget of only P72 billion for 2022. This is only slightly higher than the actual budget it was supposed to receive in 2021 and is way lower compared with the P250 billion allocation the agency proposed for next year. Department of Agriculture...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged state economic managers to reconsider allocating huge funds for the security sector for next year amid the “skyrocketing” national debt and a growing budget deficit. Drilon said he is dismayed at the negative growth in the social services sector...
The House of Representatives has assured civil society organizations participation in annual budget deliberations in Congress following the passage on third and final reading of the bill to pursue this purpose. San Jose del Monte City Rep. Rida Robes With 200 affirmative and six negative votes, the...
Malacañang said that even though Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado was on medical leave, he was able to submit to the Palace the Executive Department's final proposed budget for 2022. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado (Manila Bulletin, Malacañang file...
Even with the physical absence of Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado, Senator Panfilo Lacon on Monday, August 2, said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has an "abundance of competent and capable" officials to answer questions on the P5-trillion proposed 2022 national budget before senators...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday said the proposed 2022 national budget should provide the necessary items that would pave the way to national recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Angara, who chairs the Senate Committee on Finance, said President Duterte’s last budget request...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto lamented on Tuesday, July 27, the government's seeming "lack of urgency" in spending government funds despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) About P200 billion of funds under the P4.506-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) has...
President Rodrigo R. Duterte will propose at least P5-trillion national budget before his term ends. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Already, the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), an inter-agency body tasked to set the macroeconomic targets of the country, approved late Monday, a...
A speedy release and spending of government appropriations could boost the Philippines' credit outlook, senators said on Tuesday, July 13. Senate of the Philippines (Senate PRIB) Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the downgrading of the Philippines' credit outlook to negative was...
People’s participation in the congressional deliberations on the annual budget has been set for final reading approval in the House of Representatives when regular session resumes this month. Rep. Rida Robes San Jose del Monte City Rep. Florida “Rida” P. Robes lauded the support of the Lower...
