P11.12 B allocated for specialty medical centers

Jean Mangaluz 01/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. announced on Monday the allocation of P11.12 billion in the 2024 national budget for specialty medical centers. “Nakapagbigay tayo ng P 11.12 billion for 2024 para makapagpatayo pa…

Lagman says public funds being used for Cha-cha drive

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 01/09/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Albay 2nd District Representative Edcel Lagman alleges that funds from the public coffers are being utilized to advocate for charter change (Cha-cha). However, Ako Bicol party-list Representative Elizaldy Co maintains that Lagman is specifically…

Cebu City 2024 budget faces yet another amendment over ‘identified lapses’

Pia Piquero 12/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City budget for 2024 will undergo yet another amendment, as it started at P100 billion, was slashed to P22 billion, and is now set to be revised up to P25 billion.…

P500-B ‘ayuda’ for 48-M poor families included in 2024 budget — Romualdez

Inquirer.net 12/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed P5.768-trillion 2024 national budget includes almost P500 billion social amelioration program or “ayuda” for at least 12 million poor and low-income families or an estimated 48 million Filipinos, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez…

Capitol wants P23 billion as budget for 2024

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia wants to allocate P23 billion as the provincial government’s budget for 2024. And the Provincial Board (PB) has already begun its budget hearing. The proposed budget, which is approximately…

Teachers overtime pay for election duty not in the budget, says Comelec chief

Jean Mangaluz 11/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) cannot give overtime pay for teachers who served as poll watchers in the elections, according to Chairman George Garcia. The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) had appealed to the Comelec…

Cebu City eyes increased RPT, international aid to fund P100B budget in 2024

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 10/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government needs a P100 billion budget to fund its operations in 2024.  The amount is double its budget for 2023. According to Atty. Jerone Castillo, half of the proposed budget…

Rep. Chan proposes P2.1 billion budget for different projects in Lapu-Lapu

Futch Anthony Inso 09/22/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Rep. Cindi King-Chan has proposed P2.1 billion for the implementation of different projects in the city. “So as of now ang atong budget nga for approval is already, nagkantidad…

Grace Poe: DICT must prove it deserves P300 million secret fund

Charie Abarca 09/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe said Thursday that the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) should prove that it deserves to have the P300 million confidential funds. The lawmaker pointed out the need to study…

Senators ‘offering’ more intel funds for ‘external defense’

Maila Ager 09/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — In the face of continued threats in the West Philippine Sea, senators are gearing up to increase the budgets of the country’s defense and intelligence offices next year. In a closed-door meeting on Wednesday,…

Lawmaker threatens VP Sara with impeach rap; Veep responds, ‘Enjoy’

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 08/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is considering the filing of an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. This is in connection with the suspicion that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) may have spent P125…

Comelec: Up to P75 million needed for special elections to replace Rep. Teves

Zacarian Sarao 08/25/2023

MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday said that it would need P70 to P75 million to fund the special elections for the vacated seat of expelled Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. According to…

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