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SEN. Panfilo Lacson said Friday the non-veto of a controversial P450 billion item tucked in additional “Unprogrammed Appropriations” in the 2024 budget could set a “bad precedent,” as he aired concerns over its impact on efforts to keep the budget process transparent and accountable. Lacson said Congress could in the future add…
At least P18.96 billion worth of emergency benefits and allowances for healthcare and non-healthcare personnel are unfunded under the proposed P5.2-trillion national budget for 2023.
The Senate on Monday, Jan. 31 approved on third and final reading Senate Bill 2421 granting benefits and allowances to public and private health workers during current State of Public Health Emergency. Senator Richard J. Gordon said the measure would boost the morale of health workers. Senate Pres
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Wednesday urged colleagues to support the proposed 2022 national budget, particularly the amount allotted for the country's Covid-19 pandemic response. During the Senate Committee on Finance hearing on the proposed PHP157.5-billion budget of the Department of Health (DOH) and its attached agencies for 2022, Go stressed the need to include in the budget the allowances of the healthcare workers. "Sa ating laban kontra Covid-19, isa sa pinaka-importante na dapat nating masigurado ay a...
Published May 24, 2021, 9:56 PM A ranking official of the House of Representatives on Monday, May 24, warned that efforts to provide Filipinos cash assistance under the Bayanihan 3 bill will go down the drain unless constitutional issues in sourcing its P405.6 billion funding is sufficiently addressed. Deputy Speaker and Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab said that if proponents classify the Bayanihan to Arise as One bill as a ‘special appropriations” measure, then it should meet the conditions set under Section 25, Article VI of the 1987 Constitution. Aside from specifying the purpose of the p...