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...
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...
"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...
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...
"A national budget has three parts"
The chamber of Congress authorized by the Constitution to initiate money measures, the House of Representatives, is now on...
"The OVP has to be given a decent budget to do a respectable check-and-balance job."
The post-World War II political experience of the Philippines has...
Questions over the allocation of the public works budget next year—specifically over Taguig and Camarines Sur getting the lion’s share—have turned into a speakership...
Many of the national athletes and coaches who are under the care of the Philippine Sports Commission are continuously receiving their allowances.
Commissioner Ramon Fernandez...
"Higher expenses, lower revenues."
The preparation on the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA), aka the national budget, essentially involves two numerical estimates. One of these...
Senator Panfilo Lacson said he wants an explanation on the need for a supplemental budget to address the COVID-19 crisis when there’s still an unused P989...