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Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has vowed to transmit to the Senate the proposed P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Act on October 27 to ensure the timely enactment of the measure. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 This after a five man committee in the Lower House consolidated the proposed amendments

The House of Representatives on Thursday, Oct. 13 re-aligned a total P65.504 billion from the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion to finance priority programs under a pandemic situation that included the procurement of additional anti-COVID 19 vaccines and booster shots. House of Rep

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives has allocated PHP20 billion for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots, as well as PHP4.5 billion for the special risk allowance of public and private health care workers. House Appropriations Committee chair Eric Yap said these are among the amendments introduced by the small committee to House Bill 10153 or the proposed PHP5.024-trillion budget for 2022, which would be "crucial for our full recovery from the pandemic a...

THE House of Representatives has introduced amendments involving a total of P65.5 billion in the P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Bill for 2022, a leader of the lower chamber said on Thursday. House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Eric Yap said these amendments to House Bill 10153 or the 2022 GAB include P20…

SunStar 3,000 informal workers ready for deployment as contact tracers MANILA. A village in Metro Manila is under lockdown due to the number of Covid-19 cases among residents in Manila. (AP) + April 30, 2021 AT LEAST 3,000 informal sector workers are set for deployment Saturday, May 1, 2021, as contact tracers in the National Capital Region (NCR), according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In a virtual press briefing, DOLE spokesperson R...

Published February 20, 2021, 11:47 AM Amid the rising food prices, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and other crisis situations in the country, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has urged agencies in the Executive Department to give all the assistance they can provide to poor and affected Filipinos. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “I am urging the executive to do all possible help. Sa DOLE, sa kanilang TUPAD program para sa mga nawalan ng trabaho at assistance to OFWs (To the De...

December 18, 2020 | 7:00 pm Font Size AAA The budget for programs supporting displaced workers increased by close to 100%, from P9.93 billion under the National Expenditure Program to P19.036 billion in the final version of the spending plan. -- PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN Workers affected by the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic will continue to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) next year as a result of the interventions made by Congress...

Published December 18, 2020, 11:52 AM Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny’’ M. Angara today said workers affected by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic would continue to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) next year as a result of the interventions made by Congress in the proposed 2021 P4.5 trillion national budget. Sen. Sonny Angara (Alexis Nueva España/Senate PRIB) Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee, explained that members of Congres...

Press Release Angara: Displaced workers will continue to receive assistance under the 2021 budget Workers affected by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to receive assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) next year as a result of the interventions made by Congress in the 2021 national budget. Senator Sonny Angara, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, said the members of Congress were all in agreement that the workers affected by the pandemic ...

House ratifies bicam report on 2021 budget