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Social protection gets P151-B under 2023 budget: DBM

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Updated as of Jan 31 03:55 PM

The Department of Budget and Management said it has allotted over P151 billion to fund social protection programs of the DSWD. Read more »

2024 budget to include implementation-ready proposals: DBM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 03:33 PM

The Department of Budget and Management said on Friday that the 2024 national budget would cover only implementation-ready programs of government agencies. Read more »

8 airport upgrade projects funded in 2023 budget: DBM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 04:46 PM

The Tacloban and Laoag airports are getting the biggest slices of the 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA) budget for airports according to figures released by the DBM. Read more »

P14 billion released for military retirees' pension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 10:43 AM

The Department of Budget and Management on Friday said it has approved the release of over P14 billion to fund the regular pension requirements of military retirees. Read more »

Marcos signs P5.268-trillion 2023 national budget

Job Manahan and Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 03:37 PM

The P5.268-trillion set next year is the first fiscal spending plan of the Marcos administration. Read more »

Congress eyes passing 2023 budget by mid-December: senator

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 04:49 PM

The Philippine Congress is pushing to finalize the 2023 national budget by mid-December, a senator said on Wednesday. Read more »

Lawmakers finalize 2022 budget with P50B for health workers' SRA

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 06:10 PM

The 2022 national budget will have as much as P50 billion for medical frontliners' SRA, almost P48 billion for COVID-19 booster shots, and between P15-16 billion for the NTF-ELCAC. Read more »

House concurs with Senate amendments on 2021 budget extension

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 09:56 PM

The House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate’s amendments to House Bill No. 10373, which extends the validity of the 2021 budget by a year. Read more »

Congress eyes passing 2022 budget on December 21: Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 06:07 PM

Congressional leaders will likely pass the 2023 national budget into law on December 21, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Thursday, as budget deliberations had to be suspended after a Cabinet member tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

House defers TESDA budget over fund disbursement issues

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 05:47 PM

The House of Representatives deferred its consideration of TESDA's proposed budget after a lawmaker flagged the agency for "mircaulously" spending P4 billion in just 13 days. Read more »

13 restos in Asia on World’s 50 Best 51-100 list 2021

CYRENE DE LA ROSA
Updated as of Sep 24 03:36 PM

Guess which Asian country has the most honors this year 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 »

House to start plenary debates on 2022 budget

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 02:17 PM

The House of Representatives is set to begin plenary deliberations on the 2022 national budget next week. 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 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 »

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 »

‘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 »

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 »

Senate eyes submitting 2021 budget to Malacañang by mid-December: Sotto

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

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said that senators plan to submit the P4.5-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Bill for the President's signature by mid-December 2 weeks ahead of the year-end expiration of the current national budget. Read more »