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The House of Representatives on Monday approved the proposed P3.573 billion budget of the Department of Tourism for the fiscal year 2023.

In about six months time, the state-controlled Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC 13) will go belly-up and leave about 178 people jobless, unless a miracle happens and the network gets privatized soon. The IBC 13 logo (photo from ibc13tv.com) During the plenary budget debate on the

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, September 26 vowed to reinstate the cut in the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) proposed budget for next year in order to boost the country’s anti-cybercrime prevention laws. Gatchalian noted that the NBI’s budget under the 2023 National Expendit

Digital Pinoys national campaigner Ronald Gustilo said that online streaming platforms are already implementing a voluntary content rating system and that the

Local government units whose resources are “harnessed commercially” may receive P10.1 billion in development funds for the fiscal year 2023, a lawmaker said yesterday.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is proposing that local government units (LGUs) be given the task of constructing classrooms to efficiently address the perennial shortage nationwide. “DepEd (Department of Education) will get 50 percent of the funds, and the LGU gets the other 50 percent, but it

School building in Barangay Coronobe, Maragausan, Davao de Oro (Courtesy of Davao de Oro-PIO) MANILA - Local government units (LGUs) must be given the task of building classrooms to efficiently address the shortage nationwide, Senator Win Gatchalian proposed during a recent budget hearing. The senator thinks his proposal will be effective as LGUs always have construction and building works anyway. "DepEd (Department of Education) will get 50 percent of the funds and the LGU gets the other 5...

MANILA-Aklan 2nd District Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr., House Committee on Appropriations vice chairperson, on Friday sponsored and successfully defended the proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) worth PHP15.85 billion during the period of debates in the plenary. During the plenary debates, Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela Party-list asked if the DAR could revisit Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2019, which streamlines the processing of applications for land use conve...

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has earmarked around PHP419.3 million for virology-related projects. In a press statement issued Thursday, the DBM said the funding plan for the research and development projects of the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been included in the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) submitted to Congress. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the fun...

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has earmarked around PHP419.3 million for virology-related projects. In a press statement issued Thursday, the DBM said the funding plan for the research and development projects of the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been included in the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) submitted to Congress. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the fun...