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Tag: General Appropriations Act

People’s well-being first

"The interest of trapos should never take precedence over this."     It’s a shame President Duterte had to tell Congress to do their duty of passing...

A national budget has three parts

"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 vice presidency: The great mismatch

"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...

Budget hearing takes nasty turn, fuels speakership row

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...

Fernandez: Athletes, coaches receive allowances regularly

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...

DPWH to build separate Quezon-Bicol expressway

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PSC to support Team Philippines up to Olympics

With around P1.3 billion of its funds redirected back to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to fund the country’s Covid-19 fight, the...

Double whammy for national budgets

"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...

Lacson bares P989-billion ‘idle’ budget for ‘19

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...

GAA delay not main cause of 2019 slowdown

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Taal still shaking, emitting steam

About 153 volcanic earthquakes, including two low-frequency earthquakes, were recorded from Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and...

Military, cops to get free legal assistance–Go

Military and uniformed personnel facing any charge arising from an incident related to the performance of their work shall be provided with free legal...

The Sotto-ALFI tandem: Violating women’s rights

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Lacson hits out at budget insertions

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