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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Monday, August 1, that it has approved the release of subsidy to rice farmers affected by the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) amounting to P8.05 bill

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will be giving out P5,000 in cash allocations as subsidies to eligible rice farmers later this year. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman announced that they have approved the release of the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) amounting to P8,053,474,140 to the Department of…

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released P7.92 billion to the Department of Health (DOH) for the One Covid-19 Allowance (OCA) of more than half a million eligible public and private healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs involved in the country’s pandemic response. In a statement on Thursday, the DBM…

Around 90 million Filipinos are targeted to be inoculated by the national government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of second quarter of 2022 or in June, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday night, Jan. 10. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. During the “Talk to the People

AS Covid-19 cases continue to rise, a House deputy minority leader on Tuesday revealed that the 2022 P5.024 trillion national budget has no fund allocated for free mass testing. In a news statement, House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna said this year’s national budget “is not…

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday released an additional P4.85 billion to cover the financial aid to be distributed to individuals affected by Typhoon Odette. Local government units (LGUs) in six regions are expected to hand out the financial assistance equivalent to P1,000 per individual and a…

Senator Imee Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, on Monday, Oct. 25 said she would be keeping a close watch on the announcement by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) that it was releasing P1 billion to provide cash grants to 178,000 bonafide Public Utility

DELUGED with calls to suspend the fuel excise taxes to provide the public relief from steadily rising prices of oil in global markets that feed inflation, economic managers on Monday announced the rollout of a P1-billion fuel subsidy for the transportation sector. The Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) said on…

Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian on Monday, Oct. 18 said the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) is in peril with its budget facing a looming decline of P8.7 billion for the next fiscal year. Under the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA or national budget), P25.2 billion was allocated to the