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Marcos aims to sign budget law before year-end

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday assured the public that the proposed 2025 national budget will be signed into law before December 31. "I think...

Marcos to sign 2025 national budget before Christmas

The Congress-approved national budget for 2025 will be transmitted to Malacañang for review and is expected to be signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr....

Soldiers to receive additional subsistence allowance as bicam approves 2025 budget

The Bicameral Conference Committee concluded its deliberations on the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) on Wednesday, approving a P6.352 trillion national budget that prioritizes...

PBBM expected to sign proposed P6.35t budget before Christmas

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to sign the proposed P6.352 trillion national budget for fiscal year 2025 before Christmas Day, GMA News reported. This...

Pimentel explains abstention from voting on 2025 budget bill

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III abstained from voting on the proposed P6.352 trillion national budget for 2025, adopting a “wait-and-see” approach. Pimentel voiced his...

Lawmaker stands firm on AKAP funding, defends aid for millions of low-income Filipinos

House Committee on Appropriations member and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Raul Angelo Bongalon pushed for the retention of the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP)...

House sends budget version to Senate

The House of Representatives on Thursday submitted its approved version of the P6.352 trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2025 to the Senate amid...

House hikes 2025 budget for social safety nets, food security

The House of Representatives approved a P292.23-billion increase to the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) to enhance social services and ensure food security, among...

OPAPRU’s budget got nod in upper house

The Senate panel approved the P7.094 billion peso budget for the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) on Wednesday. This...

House approves P6.3-t budget on final reading

Measure backs President's 'legacy projects' Voting 285-3-0, the House of Representatives on Wednesday night overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading the proposed P6.352-trillion national...

Making the National Budget: The missing ingredient

One ingredient is missing from the national-budget making process, an ingredient that would give Congress access to the real facts and figures underlying the...

Zubiri calls for more funding to upgrade PAGASA

Former Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday urged the government to prioritize upgrading the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) for...

House appropriations panel vows to restore Comelec budget cuts in prep for 2025 polls

The House of Representatives committee on appropriations has committed to restore the P3 billion- budget cuts to the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) proposed P49.748...

Crime in Philippines down by 3.29% for 1H 2024

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday reported a 3.29 percent decrease in total crime incidents in the country during...
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