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SEN. Panfilo Lacson said Friday the non-veto of a controversial P450 billion item tucked in additional “Unprogrammed Appropriations” in the 2024 budget could set a “bad precedent,” as he aired concerns over its impact on efforts to keep the budget process transparent and accountable. Lacson said Congress could in the future add…

At least P18.96 billion worth of emergency benefits and allowances for healthcare and non-healthcare personnel are unfunded under the proposed P5.2-trillion national budget for 2023.

The Senate on Monday, Jan. 31 approved on third and final reading Senate Bill 2421 granting benefits and allowances to public and private health workers during current State of Public Health Emergency. Senator Richard J. Gordon said the measure would boost the morale of health workers. Senate Pres

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Wednesday urged colleagues to support the proposed 2022 national budget, particularly the amount allotted for the country's Covid-19 pandemic response. During the Senate Committee on Finance hearing on the proposed PHP157.5-billion budget of the Department of Health (DOH) and its attached agencies for 2022, Go stressed the need to include in the budget the allowances of the healthcare wor...

Published May 24, 2021, 9:56 PM A ranking official of the House of Representatives on Monday, May 24, warned that efforts to provide Filipinos cash assistance under the Bayanihan 3 bill will go down the drain unless constitutional issues in sourcing its P405.6 billion funding is sufficiently addressed. Deputy Speaker and Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab said that if proponents classify the Bayanihan to Arise as One bill as a ‘special appropriations” measure, then it should meet the conditions s...

Published May 10, 2021, 5:20 PM Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government can make use of the humongous congressional insertions the Department of Budget and Management has tagged as “For Later Release” to meet the P20-billion requirement for the procurement of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for this year. Lacson raised this possibility following a meeting between him and Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and the “three czars” of the government’s COVID response program ...

Press Release Why not use the humongous congressional insertions tagged by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) as "For Later Release" (FLR) to meet the P20-billion requirement for COVID vaccines for this year? Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson raised the possibility following a meeting between him and Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and the "three czars" of the governments COVID response program last Thursday. "I suggested that the P20 billion can be sourced from the insertions made by lawma...

Press Release Senate President Vicente Sotto III and I had a good meeting with the three czars of the governments COVID response Thursday night to discuss red tape issues and the funding needs hounding the countrys fight against COVID. We met with vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., testing czar Vivencio Dizon, and contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong. Among the topics we discussed were: * Immediate legislative action against red tape in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that hampers govern...

Published May 7, 2021, 3:37 PM Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Friday expressed optimism that herd immunity might yet be achieved in the country with proper budget and lots of help from the business sector and local government units (LGUs). Lacson issued this statement after he and Senate President Vicente Sotto III had a ‘’good meeting’’ with the three czars of the government’s COVID response Thursday night to discuss red tape issues and the funding needs hounding the country’s fight...