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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will be doing “balancing act” in addressing fare hike petitions amid the continuous increase of gas prices in the market. Transportation officials said on Monday that they are now coordinating with concerned government departments to create a subsidy program to cushion the impact of the…

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives is targeting to transmit its approved version of the 2022 General Appropriations Bill to the Senate on or before October 27 to give senators ample time to examine the government's spending plan for next year, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said on Friday. In a statement, Velasco said the House-approved version of the proposed 2022 national budget contained institutional amendments designed to help boost the gover...

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has vowed to transmit to the Senate the proposed P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Act on October 27 to ensure the timely enactment of the measure. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 This after a five man committee in the Lower House consolidated the proposed amendments

House of Representatives Session Hall (File photo) MANILA - House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez assured on Friday that the introduction of institutional amendments to the 2022 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) is aboveboard. Romualdez said the PHP65.5 billion worth of realignments by the small committee in the proposed PHP5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 is constitutional. The spending measure was approved on September 30 and is eyed for transmission to the Senate not later than Octobe...

The House of Representatives on Thursday, Oct. 13 re-aligned a total P65.504 billion from the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion to finance priority programs under a pandemic situation that included the procurement of additional anti-COVID 19 vaccines and booster shots. House of Rep

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives has allocated PHP20 billion for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots, as well as PHP4.5 billion for the special risk allowance of public and private health care workers. House Appropriations Committee chair Eric Yap said these are among the amendments introduced by the small committee to House Bill 10153 or the proposed PHP5.024-trillion budget for 2022, which would be "crucial for our full recovery from the pandemic a...

THE House of Representatives has introduced amendments involving a total of P65.5 billion in the P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Bill for 2022, a leader of the lower chamber said on Thursday. House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Eric Yap said these amendments to House Bill 10153 or the 2022 GAB include P20…

The government is spending P200 million to launch an alternative livelihood program for transport workers who will be affected by the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), officials announced on Tuesday.  The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) signed on Tuesday a memorandum of…

(File photo) MANILA - The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Thursday said there are 37 routes of traditional public utility jeepneys (TPUJ) in six regions that are under the Service Contracting Program (SCP). In a Facebook post, the LTFRB said these routes are in the National Capital Region (NCR), Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, and Caraga. "Inaasahan ang pagbubukas ng ilan pang mga ruta ng TPUJs sa buong bansa sa mga susunod n...

The House Committee on Appropriations has approved the Department of Transportation (DOTr)'s proposed P151.34 billion budget for 2022. The budget proposal, approved Wednesday, Sept. 15, will now advance to the Plenary for deliberations. DOTR123 Significantly, infrastructure projects took up 88 p