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Budget dept. releases P1.8-B more aid for Odette relief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 03:30 AM

The P1 billion released on Tuesday came a few days after the Department of Budget and Management released P1 billion on December 24 to LGUs. Read more »

DBM releases P1 billion for typhoon-ravaged areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 06:41 PM

The Department of Budget and Management has released an initial P1 billion worth of relief aid for areas battered by Typhoon Odette last week. Read more »

NTF-ELCAC's 2022 budget slashed by P24 billion: Senator

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 08:55 PM

The NTF-ELCAC will suffer a P24 billion budget cut next year following its failure to fully report how it spent P16 billion supposedly to help local villages this year, Senate finance committee chair Sen. Sonny Angara disclosed Tuesday. Read more »

Arrest order out vs Lao amid absence in Senate probe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 02:22 PM

The Senate on Friday issued an arrest order against former budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao for skipping the Senate Pharmally probe. Read more »

Lao cited in contempt for snubbing Senate hearings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 04:29 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Lao is not covered by President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to government officials not to appear in the Senate probe. Read more »

'Lao can be cited in contempt if he fails to attend Senate hearing anew'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 04:39 PM

Lacson said Lao is not covered by President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to government officials not to appear in the Senate probe. Read more »

'PS-DBM had been procuring equipment even before pandemic'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 08:06 PM

Former Health Sec. Esperanza Cabral said the PS-DBM has been procuring supplies and medical equipment for the DOH even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

'PS-DBM 'di pa naide-deliver ang nasa P1.3-B halaga ng supplies ng DENR'

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 06:46 PM

Bukod pa rito, may P122 milyon na transaksyon din ang ahensya sa PITC na hindi pa rin daw naide-deliver, ayon kay Senator Imee Marcos. Read more »

Senators, budget chief agree on need to control PS-DBM's operations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 11:04 PM

Senators and the country's budget chief agreed there's a need to control the operations of the controversial procurement service of the budget department. Read more »

'Like Frankenstein': How powerful is the PS-DBM?

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 10:03 PM

Senator Sonny Angara described PS-DBM as an 'independent republic' and compared it to a monster like Frankenstein. Read more »

DOH, Pharmally not yet off the hook in House probe: solon

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 06:44 PM

Neither the DOH nor Pharmally is off the hook in a House committee's probe on government's alleged anomalous purchase of COVID-19 response supplies, a solon said. Read more »

READ: What has been uncovered so far at Senate probe on Pharmally

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 04:45 PM

Here's what the Senate has learned so far about government's alleged dubious deals with Pharmally. Read more »

House defers DBM budget over undisclosed savings

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 04:21 PM

The House has deferred the consideration of the DBM's proposed 2022 budget after a lawmaker called out the agency for its lack of transparency on how much savings the government has. Read more »

Duterte: Bayanihan 1 exempted ‘emergency’ purchases

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 01:39 AM

Duterte said that under Bayanihan 1 the administration legally bought medical supplies without the usual requirements and steps. Read more »

Diwa rep sees nothing wrong with Pharmally-gov't deal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 01:17 PM

Procurement laws were waived when government signed now-contorversial deals with Pharmally, a lawmaker said. Read more »

Deputy ombudsman linked to Pharmally deal ready to inhibit from case

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 02:00 AM

Liong was Duterte's legal counsel from August 2010 to June 2013, when he was still vice mayor of Davao City. Read more »

PS-DBM: P28B in pandemic funds from DOH disbursed

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 07:29 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, however, said his agency only received nearly P25.87 billion worth of goods as of Aug. 31. Read more »

Senators question 4 pct markup by PS-DBM

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 07:05 PM

Senators questioned why the PS-DBM charges a 4 percent markup for supplies it buys for other government agencies. Read more »

Special audit of PS-DBM deals with Pharmally sought

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 08:56 AM

Senator Franklin Drilon on Monday called for a special audit on the multibillion-peso deals between the PS-DBM and Pharmally. Read more »

DOJ issues immigration lookout order vs Michael Yang

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 08:29 PM

An immigration lookout bulletin order has been issued against former presidential adviser Michael Yang, DOJ Sec. Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday. Read more »