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House to pass 2021 budget by Friday despite Speakership row: panel chair

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 01:37 PM

The 2021 national budget will hurdle the House of Representatives by Friday as the Speakership row continued to rage, the chamber's appropriations committee chair said Monday. Read more »

Locsin shares plan to revive a bureau in DFA dedicated to PH's Sabah claim

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:38 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. told lawmakers on Tuesday he has decided to revive the North Borneo Bureau in the Department of Foreign Affairs to uphold the country's claim to Sabah, a plan that already drew objection from a former Malaysian official. 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 »

15 detainees dead due to COVID-19: BJMP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:53 PM

Fifteen detainees have died due to COVID-19, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said Thursday.   Read more »

House panel OKs supplemental budget for COVID-19 despite DBM refusal

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 08:08 PM

The House Appropriations Committee approved on Tuesday a P1.6 billion supplemental budget for the Department of Health to cover the government's needs to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Read more »

Pag-alis kay Ungab bilang House appropriations chair pinalagan ng HNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 07:56 PM

Pumalag ang partidong Hugpong ng Pagbabago sa pagkaalis kay Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab bilang chairman ng Appropriations committee ng Kamara. Read more »

House shake-up: Ungab ousted after Cayetano 'lost trust, confidence' - solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 09:27 AM

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano lost his trust and confidence in Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab which led to his removal as chairman of the House committee on appropriations, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »

House panel approves Office of the President's P8.2B budget

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 03:23 PM

Committee chair Isidro Ungab waived the interpellation meant for Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as a courtesy given to a co-equal branch of government or a former member of the Congress. Read more »

Panukalang 2020 budget ibabalik na sa House committee

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 09:26 PM

Matapos iatras, ibinalik na ng Kamara ang panukalang 2020 budget.   Read more »

Budget bill withdrawal from plenary risks passage timeline: House leader

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 11:03 AM

House Appropriations Committee chairman and Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab formally relayed his “objection” Monday, after House Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte on Sunday confirmed that he withdrew House Bill 4228 or the 2020 GAB from plenary deliberations set last Aug. 28 because its filing was “premature.”    Read more »

Pagcor: PH now has 60 licensed offshore gaming firms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 04:24 PM

MANILA - The number of licensed Philippine offshore gaming Operators (POGOs) rose to 60 from 58 after pending applications were approved, a Pagcor official said Friday. Read more »

House can pass budget on time, says committee head

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 11:30 AM

The House would no longer suffer from a budget deadlock that could cripple government spending, Appropriations chair Isidro Ungab on Monday, hours after the committee was placed under his leadership. Read more »

House to approve 2019 budget by next week

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 12:35 PM

The 2019 General Appropriations Act is expected to be approved by the House of Representatives plenary on third and final reading on Nov. 28. Read more »

House panel OKs revised budget for Dengvaxia recipients

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 07:10 PM

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a bill authorizing the Department of Health (DOH) to use a revised budget for medical aid for recipients of anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.   Read more »