Bicam OKs Sin Tax Law, allocates add’l P16.52B for PhilHealth in 2026
The bicameral conference committee has approved an additional P16.52 billion in the 2026 national budget to fully cover the Sin Tax earmarking for the…
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The bicameral conference committee has approved an additional P16.52 billion in the 2026 national budget to fully cover the Sin Tax earmarking for the…
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The bicameral conference committee wrapped up Thursday the marathon deliberations on the proposed P6.7-trillion spending plan for 2026, allaying fears of a…
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We already had transparency. FoI. Seals. PDFs. Nobody read them because they were boring and useless. So now the genius move is to upload the same nonsense…
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Students enrolled in allied health sciences programs are set to receive much-needed financial relief after the Bicameral Conference Committee approved the…
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The House of Representatives’ contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee warned Tuesday that one million beneficiaries of the Medical Assistance for…
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‘We want the DPWH to come back to the table and give the proper computation. He (Dizon) said there are 10,000 projects. They should count them and tell us the…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, reaffirmed the Senate’s strong support for full transparency in the 2026…
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It was observed that one ill effect of airing the process or livestreaming is that it disrupts how it functions and delays proceedings, as its members use the…
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The bicameral conference committee’s deliberations were postponed as the Senate and the House of Representatives worked to resolve issues related to the…
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The third day of the bicameral conference committee was suspended on Monday, 15 December 2025, due to a deadlock over the proposed 2026 budget of the…
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The bicameral conference committee on the 2026 national budget has approved proposals pushed by Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan to expand the Department of…
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The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction with how lawmakers handled discussions on the proposed P6.7-trillion national budget…
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The traditional pork barrel hive, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), was not on the Bicameral Conference Committee’s (Bicam) list on the first…
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The House of Representatives is lobbying for a P1 billion allocation to be earmarked for the University of the Philippines’ Project NOAH, which is believed to…
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House Committee on Appropriations Vice Chair and Surigao del Sur 1st District Representative Romeo Momo Sr. has resigned from the House of…
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Senators on Saturday, 13 December, assured that the bicameral conference committee will be open to scrutiny.
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G-HIVE would interface with existing financial and procurement systems and provide verified audit trails linking every stage of the budget cycle.
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