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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 »

Senate OKs proposed P5-trillion 2022 national budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 09:52 PM

House Bill No. 10153 or the proposed General Appropriations Bill next year did not have any negative votes from senators. Read more »

Add'l funding pushed as more schools expected to hold in-person classes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:05 AM

A Senate committee is pushing for an increase of funds for DepEd and state universities and colleges under the 2022 budget as it anticipates more schools holding face-to-face classes next year. Read more »

More social services spending key to reviving economy: think tank

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Posted at Nov 12 02:00 PM

Spending on social services may be a better way of reviving the economy, a think-tank said, as lawmakers tackle a 2022 proposed national budget that prioritizes infrastructure. Read more »

Pagbili ng medical supplies, ipinalilipat ng senador sa mga LGU

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 06:17 PM

Punto ni Sen. Panfilo Lacson, base umano sa report ng Commission on Audit (COA), P95 milyon na halaga ng gamot ang nag expired na o malapit nang ma-expire. Read more »

Group raises questions about proposed 2022 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 01:30 PM

The 2022 proposed budget to be discussed by the Senate Wednesday is still not responsive enough to the needs of the Filipino people amid the pandemic, an advocacy group said. Read more »

Senate to tackle 2022 budget plan on Wednesday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 10:11 PM

Various government agencies had their proposed budget slashed, amounting to a total of at least P100 billion, to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Judiciary bats for 2022 budget higher than DBM's proposal

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 04:42 PM

Seeking a higher 2022 budget for the Judiciary, a Sandiganbayan justice told the Senate finance committee on Monday there is a need to correct an 'injustice' against the very branch of government tasked to administer justice. 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 »

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 »

DBM: No funds ready for COVID-19 booster shots in 2022

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 09:55 PM

This, as lawmakers have started questioning the government’s spending priorities in 2022 as the House Committee on Appropriations began its deliberations on the 2022 National Expenditure Program. 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 »

Duterte gov't to boost infra spending amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 06:12 PM

The government wants to ramp up spending for its flagship infrastructure program in 2022 even amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

House receives P5.024-trillion proposed 2022 budget

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 03:01 PM

The DBM on Monday submitted the government's proposed P5.024 trillion proposed 2022 budget to the House of Representatives. 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 »

Duterte approves proposed P4.5 trillion budget for 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 12:49 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021, the Department of Budget and Management said Sunday. Read more »

House leaders spar over changes to 2020 budget bill

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 02 03:30 PM

Tensions in the budget debates underscored the rivalries between two factions in the House of Representatives. Read more »