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The P10-billion additional budget that the House of Representatives granted the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) underscores the chamber’s full trust and confidence in the ability of DOLE officials to effectively address the urgent needs of millions of displaced Filipino workers. Sec
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives is targeting to transmit its approved version of the 2022 General Appropriations Bill to the Senate on or before October 27 to give senators ample time to examine the government's spending plan for next year, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said on Friday. In a statement, Velasco said the House-approved version of the proposed 2022 national budget contained institutional amendments designed to help boost the government's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response, as well as upgrade the assets of the Phili...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has vowed to transmit to the Senate the proposed P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Act on October 27 to ensure the timely enactment of the measure. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 This after a five man committee in the Lower House consolidated the proposed amendments
The House of Representatives on Thursday, Oct. 13 re-aligned a total P65.504 billion from the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion to finance priority programs under a pandemic situation that included the procurement of additional anti-COVID 19 vaccines and booster shots. House of Rep
(PNA file photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives has allocated PHP20 billion for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots, as well as PHP4.5 billion for the special risk allowance of public and private health care workers. House Appropriations Committee chair Eric Yap said these are among the amendments introduced by the small committee to House Bill 10153 or the proposed PHP5.024-trillion budget for 2022, which would be "crucial for our full recovery from the pandemic as a nation". "After careful consideration and consultations, we have finalized the amendme...