DBM’s pork cookbook
Since the CoA can only check how the funds were spent in a post-audit, the implementing agencies and the DBM are responsible for monitoring the release of the…
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Since the CoA can only check how the funds were spent in a post-audit, the implementing agencies and the DBM are responsible for monitoring the release of the…
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The elephant in the room is the so-called ‘pork barrel’ and whether the 2025 GAA has adequately addressed the issue of discretionary funds.
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has committed to “responsibly” utilizing the P279.1 billion budget allocated to it under Republic…
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Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero hailed the signing of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) on Monday, describing it as a product of a “truly…
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Ten days after its original scheduled signing, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. enacted into law the General Appropriations Act (GAA), or Republic Act 12116, for…
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The P6.326-trillion national budget for 2025 is the government’s most powerful tool to deliver the biggest economic benefits to Filipinos, assuring the…
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. approved the 2025 funding for the Ayuda Para sa Kapos Ang Kita Program (AKAP) under conditional implementation.
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Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero hailed the signing of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) on Monday, which he described as a product of a…
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The output of the bicameral conference committee, the final stage prior to the transmittal of the 2025 national budget of a record P6.352 trillion, showed…
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Warning against potential pitfalls, Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday renewed her appeal to her brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., not to sign the “very bad”…
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Senators on Wednesday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s decision to defer the signing of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) highlighted the…
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The Senate can now proceed to approve the bill on both second and third reading on the same day
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has certified as an urgent measure House Bill No. 10800, or the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), which…
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A House leader on Tuesday quizzed the Ombudsman over the office’s request for a confidential fund for 2025 which, she pointed out, was four times bigger than…
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“Comparisons of budget documents and the 2024 General Appropriations Act showed a significant reduction in the PhilHealth budget.
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