MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is pushing for a bigger budget to strengthen the infrastructure of its eGovPH mobile application following recent service disruptions. The app suffered outages lasting several hours…
MANILA, Philippines — The Marcos administration posted a wider budget deficit in March as it stepped up spending to cushion the impact of the escalating Middle East conflict and resulting energy pressures. Data from the Bureau of…
TACLOBAN CITY — More than 500 job order (JO) workers of the Borongan City government in Eastern Samar were ordered to stop reporting for work on Friday, Jan. 30, after the city failed to operate under a…
MANILA, Philippines — The four specialty hospitals in the country will each receive an additional funding of P1 billion from the 2026 national budget, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday. These hospitals, which are also…
[UPDATED] CEBU CITY, Philippines — Deliberations on Cebu province’s proposed P11.9-billion budget for 2026 have been extended. On Wednesday, January 7, the Provincial Board (PB) decided to postpone its approval originally set for the following day, January…
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday signed into law the P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026, vetoing P92.5 billion worth of items under the Unprogrammed Appropriations to tighten safeguards on public spending and reinforce fiscal…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Having yet to be formally and duly organized as a functioning office, the Provincial Board (PB) wants to entirely defund the Cebu People’s Action Center (CPAC). The Office of the Governor initially earmarked…
MANILA, Philippines — The last-ditch effort of Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon to restore about P45 billion of the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) proposed budget for 2026 to properly implement projects of the agency…
MANILA, Philippines — Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon has asked the Senate to restore the deducted amounts from projects in the 2026 proposed budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) due to the reductions…
MANILA – House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos on Tuesday said he has nothing to do with illegal budget insertions worth P50 billion as alleged by resigned party-list congressman Zaldy Co.…
MANILA, Philippines — Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco on Saturday accused resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co of attempting to destabilize the Marcos administration through his allegations of graft-riddled insertions in the 2025 budget and urged the Department of…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The city government will maintain its ₱4.5-billion annual budget for 2026, keeping it at the same level as this year with only minimal reallocations aimed at stabilizing local finances. Although the total budget…
