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No budget was allocated for special education (SPED) in 2023 after the Department of Education (DepEd) failed to provide sufficient documentation for its request, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Monday.To address this issue, DepEd spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa said “internal adjustments” will be made within the agency to fund SPED.

THE IT and Business Process Asso-ciation of the Philippines (IBPAP) has hailed the decision of the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) to transfer registration of IT and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) enterprises from Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to the Board of Investments (BOI). The move is seen as a…

2023 BUDGET. Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, presides over a briefing by the Development Budget Coordination Committee on the Proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program in the Senate on Wednesday (Sept. 14, 2022). Senators Joel Villanueva and Alan Peter Cayetano (inset) posed questions to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and other economic managers during the briefing. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - Senator Sonny Angara said on Satur...

The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations has concluded the conduct of marathon budget hearings on 34 different departments and agencies in the efforts to scrutinize the P5.268-trillion 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). What’s next? On the final day of the per agency delibe

UNDERWAY. The Panguil Bay Bridge Project is 58 percent complete as of September 2022. It will connect Tangub town, Misamis Occidental and Tubod town in Lanao Del Norte province and reduce travel time from 2.5 hours to just 7 minutes. (Courtesy of Project Lupad Facebook) MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong Marcos Jr. wants all bridges already under construction to be completed as soon as possible, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday. DPWH Secretary Ma...

The House of Representatives has now completely filled up the chairmanships of all 65 standing committees and 15 special committees of the lower chamber in the current 19th Congress. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was announced Thursday, Sept. 15 by

Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta wants to know if his right to education was violated after he was dropped by his advisor as he was finishing his doctoral dissertation in 2017. Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta during the CHR budget hearing

BUDGET HEARING. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman discusses the subsidy of the farmers and fisherfolk during the second day of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC)'s briefing on the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) in the Senate on Thursday (Sept. 15, 2022). Pangandaman said there will be no "For Later Release" (FLR) funds in 2023.(PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - There will be no "For Later Release" (FLR) funds in 2023, the Department ...

Special children's education do not have dedicated funds under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) allocation of the Department of Education (DepEd). (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) This was bared Wednesday, Sept. 14 by DepEd Undersecretary Ernesto Gaviola during the agency's budget

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) wants to strengthen the autonomy of local government units (LGUs) in delivering essential services to the public through higher funding allocation. During the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) Senate briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 14,