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Puno tells Leviste to study budget process before accusing

House Deputy Speaker and Antipolo City 1st District Rep. Ronaldo Puno urged Batangas City 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste to study the budget process,...

Bicam meet resked to Dec. 13 to fix technical matters—House

The Bicameral Conference Committee hearings on the 2026 national budget shall begin on Dec. 13, Saturday, the chair of the House Committee on Appropriations...

Senate vows budget bill closer to NEP with enhanced oversight

Senate President Vicente Sotto III vowed to deliver what he described as the “cleanest budget yet” as the chamber works on the proposed 2026...

PBEd seeks education budget disclosure

The Philippines’ planned 2026 education spending, set to hit a record P1.28 trillion, has prompted an industry-led group to call for full transparency and...

Speaker Dy: Oversight measures in place for unprogrammed funds

Speaker Faustino Dy III on Wednesday assured the public that the ₱249 billion in unprogrammed appropriations under the proposed ₱6.793-trillion 2026 national budget are...

Executive’s blank check: House’s billion-peso blunder

"The Constitution waits, and the clock ticks" STEP right up to the 2026 General Appropriations Bill, where P243.2 billion in “unprogrammed funds” plays a dazzling...

House urges Senate to extend budget plenary sessions ‘til Oct. 13

The House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted a resolution asking the Senate to extend its plenary session until October 13.House Resolution 320 was adopted...

DBM asks senators, congressmen to follow President’s budget

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) asked lawmakers to follow President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive on the National Expenditure Program (NEP) to curb...

Hontiveros explains ‘no vote’ on 2025 national budget bicameral report

Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros explained the reason behind her “no” vote on the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of...

Marcos: No need to veto budget

Senators say President may return bill to bicam to address funding cuts President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday said he is not inclined to...

Marcos to fix DepEd budget cut, says Angara

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara stated on Sunday that President Ferdinand Marcos gave his commitment to resolve the issue regarding the...

Angara laments P12-b cut in 2025 DepEd budget

Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara expressed his disappointment over the P12-billion cut in the agency’s proposed budget based on the final...

DBM welcomes bicameral approval of 2025 national budget

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Thursday welcomed the timely approval of the proposed 2025 national budget, paving the way for its enactment before the...

Bicam OKs P6.35t budget; AKAP funding restored

The Senate-House bicameral conference committee’s deliberations on the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) ended yesterday with lawmakers approving a P6.352 trillion national budget. Among the...
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