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Solons flag 2022 budget for lacking in COVID response allocation

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 07:25 PM

Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo said the 2022 General Appropriations Bill "does not constitute a sufficient COVID response." 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 »

Pork barrel variant a 'figment of imagination': Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 07:36 PM

Malacañang denied alleged "pork barrel variants" that a lawmaker flagged in government's proposed 2022 budget. Read more »

Palace justifies RITM budget cut

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 06:21 PM

Next year's proposed spending plan could slash P170 million from the RITM budget, even while the coronavirus outbreak continued to rage, reports said. Read more »

Hirit na P242-B budget ng DOH ginisa sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 07:55 PM

Humarap ang Department of Health sa Kamara para ipaliwanag ang P242 bilyong budget para sa 2022 budget. Read more »

Budget na inilaan sa NTF-ELCAC sa 2022 bubusisiin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 08:26 PM

Pinagpapaliwanag ng Kamara ang administrasyon kung bakit ganoon kalaki ang pondo para sa NTF-ELCAC. Read more »

PhilHealth budget for 2022 short of P30 billion: Duque

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 07:00 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III told lawmakers they originally proposed a P110 billion budget for PhilHealth in 2022. Read more »

Palace defends 2022 confidential, NTF-ELCAC funds

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 03:33 PM

Malacañang defended some P36 billion that government sought in intelligence, confidential and counter-insurgency funds, despite the COVID-19 crisis. Read more »

Duterte gov't eyeing P8.6 billion budget on intel

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 10:45 PM

The Duterte administration is looking to spend over P8 billion of the national budget on surveillance next year, which is lower than this year's. Read more »

Panukalang 2022 budget isinumite na sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 08:16 PM

Isinumite na ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) nitong Lunes ang panukalang P5.024 trillion na pambansang budget para sa 2022. Read more »

Solons ask COA, Ombudsman to probe gov't savings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 05:05 PM

Lawmakers have asked the COA and Ombudsman to investigate whether or not supposed savings in the national budget are being used as 'pork barrel.' Read more »

You won't get what you can't spend: Gordon on budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 18 01:05 PM

Lawmakers may reduce next year's national budget from the P5 trillion the executive branch initially proposed, Sen. Richard Gordon said Wednesday. Read more »

Gov't to seek biggest ever national budget for 2022

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 06:38 PM

The government will seek the highest ever national budget at P5.024 trillion for 2022, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Read more »

DBM eyes finalizing proposed 2022 national budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 03:27 PM

The Department of Budget and Management said on Tuesday it eyed submitting to Congress on Aug. 23 the proposed 2022 national budget. Read more »

Philippines books P149.9 billion budget deficit in June

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 02:22 PM

The Philippines booked a P149.9 billion budget deficit in June as government spending again outstripped income, the Bureau of Treasury said on Tuesday. Read more »

House eyes passing 2022 budget before period of filing candidacy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 01:10 PM

The House of Representative aims to pass the 2022 national budget in 10 weeks before the filing of certificates of candidacy in October, Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said on Monday.   Read more »

Lacson-Sotto tandem to push for budget reform, shun 'entertainment' in campaign

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 05:47 PM

MANILA— Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said budget reform would be one of the key programs that he and Sen. Panfilo Lacson would push for as they vie for the two highest positions in the country in the 2022 national elections.   Read more »

Philippines' budget deficit hits P566.2 billion in May

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 04:24 PM

The Philippines booked a P200.3-billion budget deficit for May, bringing the total deficit for the year to P566.2 billion, the Bureau of Treasury said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Budget deficit widens to P321.5-B in first quarter as spending rises, revenues fall

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 02:30 PM

The Philippines’ budget deficit widened to P321.5 billion from January to March this year, after booking a P191.4 billion shortfall last month, the Bureau of Treasury said on Tuesday.  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 »