
PBBM pushes faster rollout of ‘anti-epal’ project guidelines
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the expedited release of guidelines to scrub government-funded projects of political branding, Malacañang said…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the expedited release of guidelines to scrub government-funded projects of political branding, Malacañang said…
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Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Rolando Toledo said the national government is targeting infrastructure spending equivalent to 4.3…
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When the theft is this bold and the suffering is this real, silence isn’t neutrality. It’s siding with the thief because speaking up is messy and inconvenient.
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wanted to increase the US defense budget to a giant $1.5 trillion.
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Two senators expressed support for forming a Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures, which will closely monitor budget utilization and…
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Under Article VI, Section 27 of the Constitution, the President’s item veto of appropriations permanently deletes the vetoed items from the budget law.
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The UA was formalized after 1987 as a ‘matter of convenience’ to avoid the cumbersome special or supplemental appropriations bills required for contingencies.
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Patients seeking treatment in Department of Health (DOH)–run hospitals no longer need guarantee letters from politicians, as the government’s zero balance…
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Two of the country’s biggest business organizations, the Makati Business Club (MBC) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), both hailed the…
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However, the BoI, the premier investment promotion arm of the Department of Trade and Industry, failed to hit its target for 2025 of P1.75 trillion.
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Pinuna ng mga opposition lawmakers sa House of Representatives nitong Huwebes ang tinawag nilang “railroading” o pagmamadali sa pagpasa ng Bicameral Conference…
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President Marcos Jr. is set to sign the 2026 General Appropriations Bill on Monday, 05 January 2026, with a stern warning from a minority leader that it could…
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Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday slammed the “railroading” of the ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on…
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Neophyte Congressman Javier Miguel Benitez of Negros Occidental said the ratified P6.7-trillion 2026 national budget was designed with stronger safeguards to…
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The Executive Branch has begun a comprehensive review of the ratified 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) following its receipt on 29 December, Executive…
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Credibility is greatly lacking because the government itself is conducting the investigation into the big fish within it.
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A reenacted budget reduces overall government disbursements by limiting spending to the previous year’s levels and prohibiting funding for new programs or…
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