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Gordon urges Senate to look for funds for HIV screening machines

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 09:46 PM

MANILA - Sen. Richard Gordon urged the Senate to look for fund source for purchase of nucleic acid test machines for HIV screening, after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) slashed the Department of Health’s (DOH) budget request from P1.431 billion to only P293 million. Read more »

Duterte approves P2,000 cash aid per month for CAFGUs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 11:27 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved an additional P2,000 cash assistance to military's auxiliary forces per month starting July 2019, according to a document released by Malacañang on Thursday. Read more »

OCD's Jalad, HUDCC's Del Rosario cool to new department on disasters

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 09:50 PM

Two officials of the executive branch expressed strong reservations to the creation of a new Department on Disaster Resiliency.  Read more »

'Pondo sa libreng tuition sa SUCs, K-12 transition program kinaltasan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:42 PM

Binawasan ng DBM ang pondo para sa Tulong Dunong program at libreng college education sa 2020 budget.  Read more »

Palace: P1.5 billion increase in Duterte's budget 'necessary'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 03:44 PM

The Duterte administration is proposing an P8.2 billion budget for the Office of the President next year, P1.5 billion higher than the P6.7 billion this year.  Read more »

Duterte names ex-Davao City administrator as budget chief

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 09:26 PM

Avisado will replace Benjamin Diokno, who assumed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governorship last March. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 31, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 12:30 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Pay hike for government workers

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 03:24 PM

Government workers protest in front of the Department of Budget and Management in Manila on payday Wednesday, calling for an increase in the national minimum wage to P16,000 a month. Read more »

DBM sets 'contingency plan' for 4th tranche of salary hike amid budget impasse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 07:41 PM

Adjustments are subject to existing budgeting, accounting and auditing rules and regulations, it said. Read more »

2019 budget expected to be signed into law mid-March, says Diokno

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 04:53 AM

The P3.757-trillion budget for 2019 is expected to be signed into law this month, according to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno.   Read more »

2018 budget deficit reaches P558.3 billion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 04:42 PM

The full year budget deficit for 2018 reached P558.3 billion or 3.2 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), slightly exceeding the government's 3 percent target, a cabinet official said Friday. Read more »

Economic managers seek 'Build, Build, Build' exemption from Comelec ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:21 PM

Under COMELEC Resolution No. 10429, disbursement of funds for construction of public works is prohibited from March 29 to May 12, 2019. Read more »

P98 bilyon 'ginalaw' ng mga mambabatas sa 2019 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 08:05 PM

Tinatayang P98 bilyon ang ginalaw at nilipat-lipat ng mga mambabatas bago nila maisapinal at ratipikahan ang P3.7 trilyon proposed national budget para sa 2019. Read more »

With 2019 budget ratified, House to pursue probe vs Diokno: Andaya

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 02:42 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives will continue its investigation into alleged insertions in the 2019 budget even after its passage, a House leader said Saturday, a day after Congress ratified the national funding law that allegedly contains billions of discretionary funds for lawmakers.   Read more »

Diokno free to decide on new House subpoena: Panelo

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Posted at Feb 07 09:46 PM

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is free to decide on the subpoena issued to him by the House Appropriations Committee for the Feb. 8 hearing on the alleged P75 billion budget insertion, Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Thursday.   Read more »

Sandiganbayan clears 2 ex-gov't officials tagged in 'pork barrel' scam

Adrian Ayalin , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 05:16 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has acquitted two former government officials tagged in the alleged misuse of a former lawmaker's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), among several cases that stemmed from the multibillion-peso fund diversion scam.    Read more »

2019 budget ready for Duterte's signature next week: House appropriations chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 02:48 PM

MANILA - The 2019 budget will be ready for President Rodrigo Duterte's signature next week, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rolando Andaya Jr. said Tuesday. Read more »

Andaya wants Diokno back at House probe on alleged DBM anomalies

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 03:21 PM

MANILA - House of Representatives appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. on Saturday said Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno will be summoned to the resumption of the House investigation into alleged anomalies in the budget department. Read more »

SC orders DBM, Diokno to file comment on Andaya petition

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 05:32 PM

The Supreme Court has directed the Department of Budget and Management and Secretary Benjamin Diokno to comment on the petition filed by former House Majority leader and now House appropriations committee chair Rep. Rolando Andaya, Jr. Read more »

P37 bilyong consultancy deals ng DBM, kinuwestiyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 02:53 AM

Kinuwestiyon ni House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. ang ginawang bidding ng DBM Procurement Service para sa P37 bilyong halaga ng consultancy contracts. Read more »