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Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Facebook) MANILA - The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) needs adequate funding in order to ensure the timely delivery of vital information, fulfill its mandate to craft and implement the information systems of the Office of the President, and maintain rapport with the media and other stakeholders. In her presentation during the House appropriations committee hearing on the proposed 2023 budget of the agency on Friday, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles li...

Our economy is on the brink and at this critical stage, we need competent handling by an experienced economic team led by DOF Secretary Ben Diokno, now putting their collective talents to thresh out the difficulties we are facing.

The historian’s place is not just the classroom but also where the masses are. By VIRG MAGTIRA Bulatlat.com MANILA — For historian Francis Gealogo, history goes beyond the four walls of the classroom. “There is a need to treat history as the collective experience of the people. [They] also create history. Historians should not be…

A former House Appropriations Committee chairman says the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has a lot of explaining to do when it comes to the glut of Unprogrammed Appropriations (UAs) amounting to P588.1 billion under the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Davao

House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto on Saturday, Aug. 27, raised a red flag on Malacañang’s allotment of P588 billion for “unprogrammed appropriations” in the 2023 national budget. (Photo from Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto’s office) Recto, a representative of Batangas's 6th district, revealed the

Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is wondering why the budget for the construction of classrooms and housing is relatively low compared to the rest of the items under the P1.196-trillion infrastructure budget. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas's Facebook) “Nasa P1.1

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman humbly told House of Representatives members that she would appreciate it if the controversial Procurement Service of the agency, or the PS-DBM, wasn't abolished and instead given another "chance". DBM Secretary Amenah Pa

Speaker Martin Romualdez has advised his House of Representatives colleagues to "actively participate" in the crafting of the 2023 national budget, the detailed deliberations of which was kicked off Friday morning, Aug. 26. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) "I encourage every membe

The House Committee on Appropriations has officially commenced the detailed, per agency deliberations of the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) The Committee on Appropriations presides over the first budget hearing on Friday, Aug. 28 at the House of Representatives Session Hall (MANILA

What did ranking officials of the House of Representatives and the Marcos administration’s economic managers do before the start of the 2023 budget deliberations Friday morning? From left to right: House Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co, Speaker Romualdez, Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan,