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Senators want NTF-ELCAC to account for millions in unspent 2020 funds

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 01:47 PM

MANILA - Senators on Thursday slammed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after a Commission on Audit (COA) report showed that the panel only spent 12 percent of its P722.95 million funding in 2020 while the national government still sought billions in anti-insurgency funds. Read more »

Palace: Duterte may sign 2021 budget before Christmas

Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 06:44 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte might sign before Christmas the 2021 national budget that includes war chest for the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacañang said on Monday, as it dismissed worries over a re-enacted spending plan.  Read more »

Lower House extends life of Bayanihan 2 funds

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 11:22 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives gave the Duterte administration at least 6 more months to spend funds for pandemic response under Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 Read more »

Duterte seeks speedy extension of validity of 2020 budget, Bayanihan 2

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 06:00 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is asking lawmakers to fast-track the extension of the validity of two spending laws to ensure that delayed COVID-19 response projects would still be rolled out.  Read more »

Lacson to oppose proposal to extend validity of 2020 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 05:09 PM

MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday said he was inclined to vote against proposals to extend the validity of the 2020 budget by another year to discourage executive agencies from being too complacent in rolling out projects.   Read more »

Some senators back proposal to extend 2020 budget, Bayanihan 2 validity

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 12:31 AM

Under the law, unused funds under the Bayanihan 2 can no longer be released after December 19, while the the current spending bill will expire by December 31. Read more »

Senators question DSWD's delayed release of P83 billion in funds amid pandemic, disasters

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 06:57 PM

MANILA - Senators on Tuesday agreed to pass a resolution urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to spend some P83 billion left in its coffers, with one saying it is "almost criminal" to withhold funds at a time when a series of calamities has burdened millions of Filipinos. Read more »

Senate to extend validity of some agencies' 2020 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:57 PM

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Monday pushed to extend the validity of the 2020 budget of several key agencies that have yet to spend their funding this year less than 2 months before it expires. Read more »

Pagtalakay sa budget ng DOH, dapat tutukan ng Kamara: Health panel chair

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 03:46 PM

Dapat tutukan ng Kamara ang budget ng Department of Health (DOH) para sa susunod na taon para matiyak na ilalaan ito sa mga tamang programa, ayon sa isang mambabatas ngayong Miyerkoles.   Read more »

Senators warn of reenacted budget in 2021 amid House leadership dispute

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 10:49 PM

Senators warn of the possibility of a reenacted budget in 2021 after the House of Representatives suspended its session for a month without transmitting the spending bill to the upper chamber. Read more »

CHED: Budget for 'Tulong Dunong' for 2020 yet to be released

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 10:56 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has put on hold applications for its scholarship program "Tulong Dunong" because the budget has yet to be released, its chairman told a congressional meeting Tuesday. Read more »

Imee files bill extending 2020 budget's validity to end of 2021

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 05:14 PM

"In truth, the Philippines has had the...longest, and arguably the most costly lockdown in the world, and even as private businesses struggle to restart and recover, so too has government remained unable to fully effect its planned expenditures for this fiscal year," said Sen. Imee Marcos.  Read more »

'Laptops worth P100M': PhilHealth's Morales repeatedly approved questionable IT budget - official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 12:18 PM

Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales and other high-ranking officials approved the purchase of overpriced equipment and software amounting to millions of pesos, a board member of the state-run insurance firm said Tuesday. Read more »