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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is proposing that local government units (LGUs) be given the task of constructing classrooms to efficiently address the perennial shortage nationwide. “DepEd (Department of Education) will get 50 percent of the funds, and the LGU gets the other 50 percent, but it
School building in Barangay Coronobe, Maragausan, Davao de Oro (Courtesy of Davao de Oro-PIO) MANILA - Local government units (LGUs) must be given the task of building classrooms to efficiently address the shortage nationwide, Senator Win Gatchalian proposed during a recent budget hearing. The senator thinks his proposal will be effective as LGUs always have construction and building works anyway. "DepEd (Department of Education) will get 50 percent of the funds and the LGU gets the other 50 percent, but it's the LGU that builds," Gatchalian said in a news release on Saturday. Ga...
MANILA-Aklan 2nd District Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr., House Committee on Appropriations vice chairperson, on Friday sponsored and successfully defended the proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) worth PHP15.85 billion during the period of debates in the plenary. During the plenary debates, Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela Party-list asked if the DAR could revisit Administrative Order No. 1, series of 2019, which streamlines the processing of applications for land use conversion to further protect the welfare of farmers and other poor land owners. Haresco answered that th...
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has earmarked around PHP419.3 million for virology-related projects. In a press statement issued Thursday, the DBM said the funding plan for the research and development projects of the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been included in the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) submitted to Congress. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the fund allocation demonstrates the Marcos administration's resolve to promote public health and safet...
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has earmarked around PHP419.3 million for virology-related projects. In a press statement issued Thursday, the DBM said the funding plan for the research and development projects of the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been included in the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) submitted to Congress. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the fund allocation demonstrates the Marcos administration's resolve to promote public health and safet...