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The Philippines ranks "among the lowest 10" in the world when it comes to immunizing children against infectious diseases, with over one million kids unvaccinated, according to Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash)

PLAYTIME.Kids enjoy playing at a park in Quezon City.Around PHP3.7 billion will be earmarked for the Supplementary Feeding Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development which will benefit nearly two million children. (PNA photo by Robert Alfiler) MANILA - Around PHP3.7 billion will be earmarked for the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which will benefit nearly two million children, the Department of Budget and Management...

A lawmaker has questioned the reduced budgetary allocation for the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), noting that it runs counter to the “bold pronouncements” of the administration on fully supporting small merchants.  Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman singled out the P1.226 billion or 35.20 percent reduction for MSME development…

Are you a Filipino inventor who's in dire need of government assistance? DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. (Screenshot from Zoom) The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is here to help, but there's one thing that you must accomplish first. This requirement was tackled Wednesday,

MANILA - Around PHP2.5 billion have been allocated to modernize various airports nationwide and help generate more job opportunities in the country, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said giving the Department of Transportation (DOTr) a total of PHP2.5 billion for its Aviation Infrastructure Program in the proposed 2023 national budget is in line with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s goal of improv...

Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas isn’t sure if the P1.2-billion allocation to the Department of Migrant Workers’ (DMW) Aksyon Fund is enough to support the needs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). OFWs returning from Ukraine (DFA PHOTO) During the House Committee on Appropriati

The proposed budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) breezed through the House Committee on Appropriations' deliberation on Wednesday, Sept. 7 after only one congressman asked questions to the attending officials. (Screenshot from Zoom) Terminated in less than an hour by the appropriat

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday said it has earmarked P453.1 billion climate change expenditures in the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.

Sixteen of 34 government agencies have undergone scrutiny by the House committee on appropriations for their proposed budgets for 2023.

Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co believes that the increase in the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) flagship assistance program next year will help lift the country’s poorest of the poor out of poverty, malnutrition, and lack of opportunity and education.