Some senators on Wednesday, December 11, expressed their sadness over some provisions in the final version of the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which proposes a P6.352-trillion national budget for next year. This, even as the Upper Chamber, led by Senate President Francis "Chiz"...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing for the restoration of the P10 billion cut introduced by the House of Representatives to the P50-billion budget for the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program for next year. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa appeals to the...
Senator Imee Marcos is set to write a "love letter" to Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero and Senate Finance Committee Chairperson Senator Grace Poe to address concerns regarding the bicameral conference committee procedures on the national budget which, for her, requires some...
President Marcos has certified the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) as an urgent measure, allowing lawmakers to expedite the passage of the P6.352-trillion national budget on the second and third reading on the same day.File photosActing Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez confirmed that the...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The House of Committee on Appropriations' per agency deliberations on the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2025 was concluded on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10 with the "conditional termination"...
Senator Loren Legarda has called for a more "humane" living wage for all Filipino workers, as she stressed the disparity between minimum wage and the actual cost of living.Sen. Loren Legarda presides over Thursday's Finance Subcommittee G hearing, September 5, 2024, on the proposed 2025 budget of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The additional P6.4 billion earmarked for the Tourism Road Infrastructure Program (TRIP) under the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) will have a two-fold impact, Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo said. First, Rillo said...
House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Contributed photo) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan is supporting Malacañang's plan to provide another P1 billion for the Marawi Siege Victims...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The national government is planning to pour an initial P3 billion worth of funds for the grant of the P10,000 cash gift to elderly Filipinos reaching the milestone ages of 80, 85, 90, and 95 years old. Thus, said Quezon City 4th...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto on Wednesday, August 14 said that the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) has not yet ventured into any investments and has only spent "very minimal" funds. Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB Photo) Recto,...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 13 called on lawmakers to observe full transparency in the upcoming deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget. Hontiveros made the call during the Senate Committee on Finance's first briefing on the proposed...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte should no longer be given a "free pass" in the House deliberations on the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) annual budget. Thus, said...