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

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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 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 to veto portions of P4.5-T 2021 national budget: spokesperson

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 04:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will "surely" veto several portions of the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, his spokesman said Friday, a week before the chief executive signs the spending bill into law. Read more »

Malacañang receives 2021 national budget for Duterte signing

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 07:43 PM

Congress has transmitted the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 to Malacañang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature, according to a lawmaker. 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 »

PH budget for 2021 nears signature after House ratifies bicameral report

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Posted at Dec 10 02:45 AM

Education and infrastructure still edge out health funding in the spending plan. 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 »

Amid pandemic, education, infra allocations edge out health funding in 2021 budget

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 03:09 PM

The sectors of education and infrastructure have edged out the health sector in terms of biggest allocation in government funds for the 2021 national budget, despite the country’s battle against COVID-19.  Read more »

Philippines ready to spend up to P73-B on COVID-19 vaccine procurement: Budget chief

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 12:51 PM

The government is ready to spend as much as P73 billion for the procurement of coronavirus vaccine to achieve the needed numbers for "herd immunity."  Read more »

2021 spending plan a 'bad-get'? Gordon wants vaccine, better school facilities prioritized

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Updated as of Dec 02 10:49 AM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Wednesday criticized next year's P4.50 trillion national spending plan as a "bad-get." Read more »

Philippine Senate passes P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget

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Posted at Nov 26 11:39 PM

The Philippines' proposed P4.5 trillion national budget for next year hurdles the Senate. Read more »

Senate earmarks P83B for COVID-19 vaccine purchase, distribution in 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 09:20 PM

The Senate on Thursday allocated P83 billion for the purchase, storage, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines next year, much higher than the Department of Budget and Management's proposed P2.5 billion fund for immunization against the highly contagious disease.   Read more »

House sends 2021 budget bill to Senate ahead of deadline

Katrina Domingo and Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 27 08:13 PM

Senate has received the House of Representatives' version of the P4.506-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Bill on Tuesday, a day ahead of the promised date. Read more »

P641-B presidential funds hiniling na ilipat sa mga programa sa kalusugan, edukasyon

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Updated as of Oct 20 10:20 PM

Hiniling na ilipat ang pondo sa mga programang pangkalusugan, pang-edukasyon, pangkabuhayan at ayuda.  Read more »

'Kulang' na pondo para sa COVID-19 vaccine sa 2021 budget hahanapan ng solusyon: Quimbo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 12:38 PM

MAYNILA - May panahon pa para matakalay ang napakaliit na pondo nakalaan para sa bakuna laban sa COVID-19 sa naaprubahang ng Kongreso na 2021 national budget.   Read more »

Velasco allays concerns over possible pork insertions in 2021 national budget

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 04:48 AM

MANILA - House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco allayed concerns over possible pork insertions in the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021. Read more »

House approves 2021 budget bill

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Posted at Oct 17 04:17 AM

The Philippine house under a new leadership delivers on its promise to approve the proposed 2021 national budget before the end of the special session called by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Kamara posibleng sa Oktubre 28 maipadala sa Senado ang 2021 budget bill

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Posted at Oct 16 07:28 PM

Inaasahang aaprubahan ng Kamara ngayong Biyernes ng gabi ang panukalang budget para sa 2021. Read more »

Health should be top priority in 2021 budget: health workers

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Updated as of Oct 16 11:43 AM

MANILA - The Alliance of Health Workers on Friday reiterated their call for Congress to prioritize the health sector in the 2021 national budget. Read more »

Salary hike of gov't nurses eyed in 2021 PH budget

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 07:28 AM

MANILA - Government nurses may get a salary increase next year, once the proposed special provision in the 2021 national budget for their compensation adjustment is approved. Based on the second tranche of the Salary Standardization Law of 2019, which is scheduled to begin in January 2021, that would be equivalent to a minimum wage of P33,575 to a maximum of P98,886 for government nurses. Read more »