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President Marcos inks the 2024 national budget, a culmination of a months-long legislative saga that saw Vice President Sara Duterte get stripped of her confidential funds

The newly signed 2024 national budget will include funding for three new ships for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) which will be utilized to defend the West Philippine Sea, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri disclosed Wednesday.

President Marcos approves the P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024, emphasizing its focus on fighting poverty, ending hunger, and creating jobs. The budget, signed into law under the 2024 General Appropriations Act, aims to address infrastructure backlogs and promote fiscal stewardship. The 2024 National Expenditures Program, 9.5% higher than the previous year, prioritizes education, health, and social services, with P9 billion allocated for security operations. Learn more. (SunStar Philippines)

About 90 percent of the Covid-19 allowance to health-care workers (HCW) has been disbursed already and dropped broad hints it might take “another year” to resume disbursement, the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said. In a television interview, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa admitted that “many” are yet to receive…

SENATOR Joseph Victor Ejercito is confident none of the provisions in the Congress-approved 2024 national budget will be vetoed when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs into law the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), as expected, on Wednesday. All of the “controversial items“ like the Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) ]…