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Published July 7, 2021, 11:02 AM The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed Wednesday, July 7, that 99 percent of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) funds intended for 822 barangays cleared of communist terrorist groups (CTG) has been released to the localities as of June 30, 2021. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said that the P16.24-billion funds will be used for 2,276 projects in the 812 barangays whose allocations have already been approved and released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). “With the P16.24-billion fund downloaded to the recipient...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 22) — The country's budget deficit reached ₱200.3 billion in May, slightly narrower than last year's tally but the widest since December, data from the Treasury Bureau published Tuesday revealed. The latest figure is 0.91% lower than the ₱202.1 billion logged in May 2020. However, it is the largest recorded since December, where the fiscal deficit ballooned to ₱302.6 billion. The Treasury noted the deficit's recent marginal narrowing comes as "growth in expenditure levels kept pace with the acceleration in revenue collection." The governm...

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 31 (PIA) -- Sixty-two barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN Region

Published June 1, 2021, 4:53 PM Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday vowed to oppose next year’s budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), reiterating his belief the budget would be used as a huge “campaign kitty” of the Duterte administration for the 2022 elections. “We should be more vigilant. The 2022 budget is an election budget. We must not allow the budget to be used for election or partisan political activities,” Drilon said in a statement. Drilon said he believes that the NTF-ELCAC will seek an increase to its budget in...

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 31 (PIA) -- Sixty-two barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN Region