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Government uniformed personnel and their families will be getting better food and health-care benefits to improve their well-being this year, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced Wednesday. This after he approved the budget for rice subsidies and Tertiary Health Care at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Medical Center…
LAWMAKERS allotted a P12-billion budget to the Commission on Elections this year to gear up for the midterm elections in 2025—a part of which can be used for people’s initiative—the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) revealed on Wednesday. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said, “From our end, since it’s there,…
A group of lawmakers challenged before the Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday the constitutionality of the “staggering” excess of P449,540,510,000 allocated in the unprogrammed appropriations “discreetly embedded” in the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or RA No. 11975. Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman filed the petition for certiorari and prohibition, docketed as…
Opposition lawmakers, led by Albay Representative Edcel Lagman, have asked the Supreme Court to prevent the government from using the P449.5 billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
WHAT: On January 9, 2024, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a proposed rule to amend the FAR to improve consistency between the procurement and nonprocurement...