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But Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas hits the misplaced budget priorities, as the military and the police are set to get higher funds than the health sector

CASH-FOR-WORK PAYOUT. Personnel of the office of Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte and the Department of Social Welfare and Development release the wages of the cash-for-work beneficiaries at the People's Park in Davao City on Thursday (Dec. 9, 2021). The ongoing program aims to cover about 6,000 residents from the first district this month. (Photo courtesy of 1st District Rep. Paolo 'Pulong' Duterte's office) DAVAO CITY - More than 6,000 residents in this city's first district stand to benefit from the continuing cash-for-work project of the fir...

MANILA - The resounding pleas of local officials to reinstate the PHP28.1-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has gained ground, as it continues to change the perceptions of many legislators especially those in the 2022 Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee (bicam). Before the 2022 Bicam, Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Sonny Angara was already convinced that the NTF-ELCAC budget, especially its flagship program, the Barangay Development Program (BDP) will be given a higher budget at the bicam. Angara said with the recent...

MANILA - A leader of the House of Representatives on Tuesday said the proposed PHP5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 is on track with its enactment this month as the congressional bicameral conference committee began deliberation on the spending measure. Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera, a member of the House contingent to the bicameral conference committee tasked to draw up the final form of the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA), said the approval of the bicam report on the 2022 national budget is expected next week followed by its ratification before Congress adjourns its session f...

THE congressional bicameral conference committee on the disagreeing provisions of the proposed 2022 P5.024 trillion General Appropriations Act is eyeing to finish the final version of the annual budget this week, a leader of the House of Representatives said on Monday. In an interview, House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Eric Yap…