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AS 30 out of 117 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Philippines are set to receive less funding for 2024, lawmakers appealed to the national government to give students the chance to have a free state university education. House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro…

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday explained that the cut in the Philippine Science High School System’s (PSHSS) budget next year was caused by the latter’s low absorptive capacity. The DBM said PSHSS sought a budget of P4.214 billion for next year, but the former only recommended…

THE Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) is appealing to Senators to approve an almost P170 billion supplemental budget for the agency to operationalize its office expansion and intensify its validation efforts of performances of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). GCG Chairman Marius P. Corpus told members of the Senate Finance…

The head of the Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) on Tuesday said that while his group appreciates praises given to educators, he urged politicians and officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) to finally give what is due them like salary hike, mandated 60-day rest after each school year, additional health…

Philippine Canadian Inquirer PCO asks for add’l P365-M funding for 2024 News

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday vowed to allocate funds for specialty centers that would be established in regional hospitals to bring medical services closer to the people, especially the poor. The lawmaker issued the statement since he noted the executive department might not have made the necessary allocation…

The People's Television Network (PTV) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) 13 lack the funds to transition from analog to digital television and to provide the mandatory benefits of their employees. The heads of both government-owned television channels made the disclosure during the hearing on the proposed 2024 budget of the…

Reggie Mutia Lambo Drilon, President of the Cancer Survivors Organization at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), says that the government will be risking lives—and incurring more costs for cancer treatment in the long run—if there is any reduction to the proposed budget for the school- and community-based HPV immunization program…

Philippine Canadian Inquirer Congress to rectify 2024 budgets for education, health - Angara News

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) was able utilize 49 percent of its P3.84 billion released budget during the first semester of the year. In its accomplishment report, which it submitted during the budget hearing of the House of Representatives (HOR) last Thursday, DMW reported that P1.87 billion of the…