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Gatchalian predicts smooth passage of 2024 budget in bicam

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he expects a smooth sailing for the P5.7-trillion proposed budget for 2024 at the bicameral conference committee. Gatchalian ruled out intense...

Questions on pensions

"This writer is deeply saddened by the loss of a good man and a truly dedicated public servant—Carlos Padilla, governor of Nueva Vizcaya" The economic...

Recto: House boosts budget for cancer treatments to P1.56 billion

From zero funding in the proposed 2023 national budget, the House of Representatives has boosted to P1.56 billion the line-item funding for two cancer...

Budget cut may affect NPC’s 278 diesel plants

The National Power Corp. warned of power outages in “missionary areas” covered by Small Power Utilities Group amid the impending shutdown of its diesel...

HB seeks more benefits for judges

The ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list has filed the “Voltaire Rosales Bill” to give security and ensure benefits for bereaved families of judges, prosecutors, and lawyers in...

POC requests P450M from GAA for 5 major international tourneys in 2022

The Philippine Olympic Committee submitted an additional budget request of P450 million in the General Appropriations Act for Filipino athletes’ preparation and participation in...

Bangon aid plan assured of funds

Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Ray Villafuerte said Sunday the funds for the proposed Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino assistance program to provide low-income and vulnerable households...

Solon to House: Pass Marawi compensation bill

A lawmaker from Mindanao on Monday urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives and the Senate to speed up the passage and implementation...

Cha-cha long overdue–lawmaker

Bagong Henerasyon party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera, a deputy speaker, on Sunday said she is confident the long-overdue constitutional reform is “not impossible” under the...

DOF secures $13.36B foreign loans, grants for COVID-19 response

The Department of Finance said Friday it secured $13.36 billion in loans and grants from external sources for the government’s COVID-19 response programs in...

Duterte signs P4.5 trillion budget for 2021; No items vetoed

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed the country’s P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021, which seeks to revive the economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic...

National budget making, Philippine-style

"Does it need a review?"   To say that this country’s national budget-making system leaves much to be desired is very probably the greatest understatement of...

Gaslighting

"Am I racist? Am I crazy?"   (Part I) I first heard the term gaslighting some years back when some friends from academe insinuated that a number...

’Realign security budget’

The House of Representatives Makabayan Bloc has sought the realignment of P641.5 billion earmarked for security services in the proposed 2021 budget to “address...
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