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Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda today Sept. 14 manifested her support for the proposed 2023 P5.368- trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP), or the President’s budget. ‘’I believe in the rationale presented by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in the National Expenditure

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, September 14 urged the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) to probe the possible existence of a syndicate behind the illegal realignment of billions of pesos in funds in the 2023 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

House immediately terminates OVP budget deliberation

(File photo) MANILA - The bulk of the proposed PHP5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 will go to the social services sector, getting an allocation of around PHP2.071 trillion, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Wednesday. During the Senate hearing on the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP), Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman discussed the sectoral allocation included in the first full-year budget of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s admin...

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Tuesday, Sept. 12, said it will help bankroll various programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) next year. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM earmarked P2.2 billion for the DOE in 2023 in line with the governmen

MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has given the Department of Energy (DOE) a total of PHP2.2 billion for the implementation of energy projects in 2023. The allocation of about PHP2.2 billion was in line with the Marcos administration's bid to ensure an affordable and clean energy supply in the country, the DBM said in a press statement. It said the proposed funding would be used for energy programs, including the Total Electrification Project (TEP), Renewable Energy Deve...

Over 6,000 informal settler families (ISFs) will be resettled under the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) railway infrastructure development plans. (Photo from Department of Transportation) During the House Committee on Appropriations budget hearing with the transport agency, Gabriela Wome

What will happen to the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) passenger utility jeepney (PUJ) modernization program now? (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr Undersecretary Mark Steven Pastor bared before the House Committee on Appropriations Tuesday, Sept. 13 that the agency's PUJ moderniza

The Department of Health (DOH) expects to begin purchase of new generation Covid-19 vaccines early next year. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed by DOH Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during the House Committee on Appropriations' del

Twenty-seven thousand individuals. (Danie Franco/ Unsplash) That's how many Filipinos are expected to be affected by the reduction in the assistance funds allocated for indigent patients to Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporation (GOCC) hospitals. During the House Committee