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Duterte office, Congress, DND top spenders of 2019 intel, confidential, miscellaneous funds: COA

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 10:57 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)— The Office of the President, Congress and the Department of National Defense were the top spenders of confidential, intelligence, and extraordinary and miscellaneous funds in 2019, the annual financial report of the Commission on Audit (COA) has revealed. Read more »

'Anti-epal' provision in 2021 national budget gets adopted

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 02:47 AM

MANILA - Public officials may find it harder now to claim credit after a provision prohibiting attachment of their names, pictures, logos, signatures or other kinds of appearance on projects funded by the 2021 national budget, was officially adopted. Read more »

Duterte rejects cut in PAO forensic lab budget

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 12:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a provision in the 2021 national budget that would have slashed the funds of the forensics laboratory of the Public Attorney's Office (PAO), which a lawmaker earlier said was unauthorized and a duplication.  Read more »

US may deny entry to foreign ofcl's who oppress journalists in spending law OK'd by Trump

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 10:38 PM

An explanatory statement for the law from the U.S. House of Representatives stated that "The Secretary of State shall apply subsection (c) to foreign government officials involved in threatening, wrongfully imprisoning, or otherwise depriving of liberty independent journalists who speak out or publish about official corruption or other abuses, including Maria Ressa in the Philippines and El Faro in El Salvador." Read more »

Duterte bars gov't agencies from directly using income

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 04:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed provisions in the 2021 national budget that would have allowed government agencies to directly use their income, Malacañang said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Duterte refuses to report to Congress spending of intel funds

Joyce Balancio and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 04:40 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has refused to tell Congress how intelligence funds in the 2021 national budget would be spent, according to a copy of his veto message that ABS-CBN News obtained on Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte signs P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 07:17 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed the country’s P4.506-trillion spending plan for 2021 which seeks to revive the economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and improve the country’s response to the crisis. Read more »

Duterte nagpatawag ng pulong dahil sa bagong COVID-19 virus strain

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 08:31 PM

Nagpatawag si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng pulong na gaganapin ngayong Sabado kasama ang Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases para pag-usapan kung paano dedepensa ang bansa mula sa panibagong coronavirus strain na natuklasan sa United Kingdom (UK). Read more »

Duterte, aides OK additional P3.5-billion budget for national ID registration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 12:21 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet have approved additional budget to register 20 million more people to the national ID system next year, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    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 »

‘Walang sense of urgency’: Robredo camp hits gov’t vaccine budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 12:36 AM

The government did not prioritize COVID-19 vaccination in the national budget for the coming year, the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, following a statement from a lawmaker that only P2.5 billion had been guaranteed for vaccines in the 2021 General Appropriations Act.  Read more »

Congress allots P620 million to cancer control program in 2021 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 09:37 AM

Congress allotted P620 million in the proposed 2021 national budget for government’s cancer control program, House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said Sunday. Read more »

Drilon questions higher 2021 funding for intel, anti-insurgency than COVID-19 vaccines

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 06:45 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday questioned  why programmed allocations for intelligence and confidential funds, as well as the government's anti-insurgency program, are higher than funding for COVID-19 vaccines under the 2021 national budget.    Read more »

Lacson hits 'greedy' solons for prioritizing election interest over pandemic in 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 04:41 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday decried the "mangling" of the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, saying "not even the pandemic and its crippling effects could stop the greed of some lawmakers" from prioritizing their pet projects over COVID-19-response programs. Read more »

Duterte will fast-track 2021 budget approval, won't ditch veto power: spokesman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 03:09 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will exercise his veto power if needed, even if he fast tracks the approval of the 2021 national budget that includes funds for COVID-19 programs, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Streets, classrooms, gymnasiums: Why DPWH got bigger budget after Congress bicam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 11:45 AM

Sen. Sonny Angara defended Thursday the increase in the budget of Department of Public Works and Highways in the spending plan approved by Congress. Read more »

Which COVID-19 vaccine is most cost-friendly for PH government?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 05:57 AM

Senate Committee on Finance chair Sonny Angara presented a table that compares the projected prices of 7 COVID-19 vaccine brands, including value added taxes and the cost of inflation. Read more »

Supplemental budget needed? Senators lament lack of funds, plan for COVID-19 vaccine

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 11:38 PM

The Senate initially approved to hike the vaccine fund to P83 billion, but that was lowered after the spending bill went through bicameral conference committee deliberations. Read more »

House, Senate ratify P4.5-T 2021 budget; Lacson dissents over prioritization of DPWH projects

Katrina Domingo and RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 10:00 PM

(UPDATE) The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday ratified the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, with the former saying the new spending bill would enable government to enact "ramped up COVID-19 response" programs and allow "fresh investments for our health facilities." Read more »

House ratifies P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget; bicam OKs several changes

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 10:11 PM

(UPDATED) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday night ratified the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021, adopting the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the General Appropriations Act.    Read more »