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PGH workers emosyonal sa paggiit ng karapatan sa hazard pay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 09:04 PM

Panawagan nila, ibigay na ang hazard pay at special risk allowance na pandagdag sana sa maliit nilang sahod. Read more »

DBM augments Typhoon Ulysses rehab fund with P10 billion, vows aid for LGUs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 04:08 PM

MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management said additional funds for local government units affected by the recent typhoon Ulysses would follow after President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Luzon under a state of calamity.  Read more »

P78 billion from Bayanihan 2 law fund released to agencies - DBM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 08:46 PM

The government has already released P77.98 billion to various agencies for their programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2), the Department of Budget and Management said Thursday.    Read more »

Lacson says to 'raise hell' over 'impoundment' of funds for some 2020 projects

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 06:12 PM

MANILA— Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said he would "raise hell" when the Senate begins its budget debates to question why the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has been withholding funding for projects identified by lawmakers this year.   Read more »

Pagkuha ng gov't contractual workers pinalawig hanggang Disyembre 2022

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 07:43 PM

Pinalawig ng gobyerno hanggang katapusan ng 2022 ang panahon na maaaring kumuha ang mga ahensiya ng mga contract of service at job order workers, sabi ngayong Miyerkoles ni Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado. Read more »

Hiring of 'contract of service', 'job order' workers extended to end of 2022: DBM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 07:59 AM

Government has extended until the end of 2022 the period of its hiring contract of service and job order workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said Wednesday. Read more »

DBM: Mga serbisyo at proyekto apektado kung maaantala pagpasa sa 2021 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 03:58 PM

Umaasa ang Department of Budget and Management na maipapasa on time ang 2021 national budget.   Read more »

Imee Marcos wants more funds for Sandiganbayan: 'Lumolobo 'yung caseload nila'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 08:48 PM

Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday lambasted the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for reducing the anti-graft court's budget for 2021 amid "bloating cases" against corrupt officials.    Read more »

Hontiveros flags P4 billion worth of alleged 'unaccounted' PPE sets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 01:53 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Sunday flagged P4 billion worth of alleged "unaccounted" protective gear sets that government supposedly purchased based at a certain price announced in May. Read more »

PH lost P1 billion due to overpriced PPEs procured by budget department: Hontiveros

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 03:16 PM

MANILA— The Philippines lost some P1 billion in funds to overpriced protective equipment that the budget department procured from April to May in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a senator said Thursday. Read more »

VP Robredo's office allots majority of proposed 2021 budget to cash aid

RG Cruz,ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 03:47 PM

The Office of the Vice President said Monday its request for the purchase of new vehicles to replace broken ones was denied by the Department of Budget and Management.   Read more »

‘Stop insulting us’: Gov’t nurses demoralized after so-called demotion caused by DBM circular

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 02 07:52 AM

A group of nurses on Tuesday decried the seeming demotion of their colleagues caused by a budget circular supposedly meant to raise the salary of entry-level nurses Read more »

CHED: COVID-19 pandemic slows down distribution of tertiary education subsidies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:46 AM

MANILA - The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the distribution of tertiary education subsidies (TES) and reimbursements for tuition and miscellaneous fees, the Commission on Higher Education admitted in Friday’s hearing of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education. Read more »

DBM submits proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 budget to lawmakers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 03:37 PM

The Department of Budget and Management submitted to lawmakers on Tuesday the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said. Read more »

Duterte won't submit 2021 budget during SONA

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 12:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will not submit the proposed 2021 national budget to Congress on Monday afternoon when he delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said. Read more »

Philippines' spending for COVID-19 response reaches P355 billion

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 01:34 PM

The Philippines has spent P355 billion for its response to the coronavirus pandemic, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said Wednesday, adding more funds were needed to address the crisis. Read more »

DBM to submit documents on COVID-19 funds for Ombudsman probe

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 12:52 PM

The Department of Budget and Management said Wednesday it would submit documents requested by the Office of the Ombudsman for an investigation on the disbursement of funds for the government's COVID-19 response. Read more »

After P8-B realignment, DepEd asks DBM: 'No further' budget cuts for COVID-19 countermeasures

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 06:08 PM

The Department of Education on Thursday said it has asked Department of Budget and Management no avoid further reallocating portions of its budget to coronavirus-related projects after P8.2 billion was slashed from the agency's fund. Read more »

Budget dept looking into 'uncommitted' funds for coronavirus response: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 06:19 PM

Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado gave government agencies 4 days or until April 30 to submit the report, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said. Read more »

Duterte rushes release of Marawi rehabilitation funds

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 05:14 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Budget and Management to rush the release of funds for the rehabilitation of Marawi City which was destroyed 3 years ago after it was attacked by Islamic State-linked extremists.   Read more »