Page 29 - Expenditure Program News Today

“Mindanao is left behind again!" Above, from left to right: Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel, Senator Robin Padilla. Below: Map of Mindanao (Facebook, Wikipedia) Thus, rued Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez Friday, Aug.

Independent minority congressman, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman took it upon himself Friday, Aug. 26 to inform Filipinos about what the Marcos administration would really be spending on debt payments in 2023. (Screenshot from Zoom meeting) The total amount? A whopping

The Department of Transportation's (DOTr) Service Contracting Program (SCP), which makes the government’s "libreng sakay" or free rides initiative possible, doesn't have any allocated funding under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). (Photo from DOTr) This was revealed by DOTr off

The continuation of the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) program to provide free rides to commuters next year and incentivize public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators who participated in the initiative did not receive allocation in the agency's 2023 budget.

MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) considered the University of the Philippines (UP) system's "absorptive capacity" in preparing the proposed National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2023, an official said Thursday. DBM Undersecretary Goddes Hope Libiran made this remark after Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez urged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and DBM to restore the PHP3.3 billion that was cut from the proposed 2023 budgets of the UP Syst...

Lawmakers of Makabayan bloc have voiced out some of their gripes on the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). (From left to right) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, and Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Makabayan photo) Read: h

For so long, the agriculture department considered itself like a prodigal son. Compared to its brothers and sisters such as the education, public works, and defense departments which have always taken a big slice of the annual national budget, the agriculture component was left with crumbs, after su

Marikina City 2nd district congresswoman and appropriations panel senior vice chairperson Stella Quimbo doesn't sound worried at all about the country's debt servicing chores. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, even as the Philippines ha

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was true to his word. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga described the significant budgetary increase that the executive branch has asked

"Build, Better, More"--or BBM for short--is officially a program of the Marcos administration, and the executive branch is asking P1.196 trillion from Congress in order to fund it next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department o