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President Marcos inks the 2024 national budget, a culmination of a months-long legislative saga that saw Vice President Sara Duterte get stripped of her confidential funds

The newly signed 2024 national budget will include funding for three new ships for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) which will be utilized to defend the West Philippine Sea, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri disclosed Wednesday.

President Marcos approves the P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024, emphasizing its focus on fighting poverty, ending hunger, and creating jobs. The budget, signed into law under the 2024 General Appropriations Act, aims to address infrastructure backlogs and promote fiscal stewardship. The 2024 National Expenditures Program, 9.5% higher than the previous year, prioritizes education, health, and social services, with P9 billion allocated for security operations. Learn more. (SunStar Philippi...

About 90 percent of the Covid-19 allowance to health-care workers (HCW) has been disbursed already and dropped broad hints it might take “another year” to resume disbursement, the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said. In a television interview, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa admitted that “many” are yet to receive…

SENATOR Joseph Victor Ejercito is confident none of the provisions in the Congress-approved 2024 national budget will be vetoed when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs into law the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), as expected, on Wednesday. All of the “controversial items“ like the Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) ]…

This Week in Washington: House passes Lower Costs, More Transparency Act and SUPPORT Act Reauthorization; Senate HELP Committee reports SUPPORT Act Reauthorization and three other bills...

Despite holding more than 700 votes this year, the House only managed to pass 26 bills that have made it into law, thanks to tiny majorities, divided government and a right wing bent on constraining government.

The Senate has ratified next year’s national budget that included institutional amendments that will provide the much-needed boost to the country’s defensive posture in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

THE proposed tri-level interchange planned along M.C. Briones St. corner U.N. Ave. in Mandaue City is nearing its implementation, a lawmaker said.

The Los Angeles Times spent months researching and analyzing firearms dealer and gun violence data for its recent series on gun access. Here's what we found.