Councilor Ong questions legitimacy of passing P4.5B supplemental budget

Dyrecka Letigio 08/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Franklyn Ong, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay and Kasambagan village chief, has questioned the legitimacy of the passing of the P4.5 billion supplemental budget (SB) on July 28,…

P265M budget for Camotes Airport secured

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Construction of the Camotes Airport could start soon. Local officials here recently announced that the national government already released the initial budget for the airport project amounting to P265 million. Cebu 5th District…

DepEd, DBM grant high special hardship allowance for teachers, school heads

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 05/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Teachers and school heads would now get a higher special hardship allowance (SHA), the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Monday. Education Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla said in a press briefing in Bicol…

Foundation chaired by Speaker still owes P387M to SEA Games suppliers

Marlon Ramos 10/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A private foundation led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano still owes P387 million to some of the suppliers mobilized for the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games last year, among them…

Duterte OKs P4.5 trillion 2021 national budget

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 08/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the proposed P4.506 trillion national budget for 2021, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Sunday. In a statement, the DBM said that Duterte approved the budget during a…

Infra, defense budgets cut for COVID-19

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/08/2020

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) last month made additional cuts in this year’s budgets for infrastructure and national defense as it reallocated more funds for the government’s new coronavirus (COVID-19) response. DBM documents showed that…

Gov’t eyes taxes on digital transactions

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — With the government expecting to spend trillions more than it earns over the next two years, the country’s economic managers are studying ways to raise more funds, including getting their hands in our digital…

Infra, education budgets get big cuts

Ben O. de Vera 05/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The budgets for education and infrastructure have been slashed as the government scrambled for funds for dole-outs and medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the country, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)…

Danao City’s Plaza Rizal closed for redesign

Doris C. Bongcac 02/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Danao City government has announced the temporary closure of its Plaza Rizal for renovation. An advisory posted on Monday afternoon, February 10, 2020, on the city’s official Facebook page said that the public…

Capitol workers to get their incentives before December 15

Futch Anthony Inso 12/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has already ordered the Finance Department to release the Productivity Enhancement Incentives (PEI) of the employees of the Cebu Provincial Capitol. The order was made based on the Department…

DBM yet to release P1B budget for youth centers

Maila Ager - INQUIRER.net 09/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed budget of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC ) for 2020 was slashed by P1 billion. This was revealed during Tuesday’s hearing of the Senate finance subcommittee on the budget of…

House added P9B to 2019 budget without asking DBM — Senate probe

Inquirer.net 12/06/2018

Without consulting the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the House of Representatives increased the budget for assistance to local government units (ALGU) by P9 billion, deliberations in the Senate on the 2019 proposed national budget showed…

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