P42M released to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission
By Ronnel W. Domingo
The government is shoring up its peace-building efforts in Mindanao with the release of P42 million to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).
The government is shoring up its peace-building efforts in Mindanao with the release of P42 million to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).
Contrary to public perceptions of low budgets for state colleges and universities (SUCs) in the wake of a student’s suicide due supposedly to limited tuition subsidies, the budgets of SUCs in fact received a 44-percent hike, Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad said on Monday.
If President Aquino were involved in the plot to oust him in connection with the reproductive health (RH) and sin tax measures, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said Sunday he would respect the President’s decision.
President Benigno Aquino III has ordered Liberal Party officials to review the accreditation of Ampatuan clan members who are running for office in Maguindanao under the party, according to Budget Secretary Florencio Abad.
State health agencies might not be able to immediately absorb the expected incremental revenues from the proposed sin tax reform bill, a Cabinet official said on Thursday.
Some 785,000 employees of the Department of Education can again enjoy their benefits from the Government Service Insurance System as Malacañang has started settling their unpaid premiums covering three and a half years.
Foreign funding will play a significant role in jump-starting the P352-billion flood-control plan of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), according to Sen. Franklin Drilon, the Senate’s finance committee chairman.
Malacañang is proposing an additional P56-billion budget for the Department of Education in 2013 – 23 percent more than this year’s allocation — to support the K-12 program, according to Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad.
The Department of Budget and Management has released P941.3 million for the purchase of elementary and high school students’ armchairs and teachers’ desks.
Government expenses for personal services, including salaries and benefits of those working for national agencies, increased by 7.6 percent to P212 billion in the first five months of 2012.
Employees of national civilian agencies will receive a bigger clothing allowance this year at P5,000 each, higher by a quarter than the P4,000 given out in 2011.
The health sector’s budget in 2012, which increased by 30 percent to P49.9 billion from last year’s allocation, will be used to help achieve the country’s Millennium Development Goals, according to Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad.
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang has released P1.03 billion for the salaries of 6,451 new cops spread across the nation to improve police visibility, Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad said on Monday. Abad said in a statement that the release of the funds would support efforts to improve the policemen-to-population ratio and enhance the visibility of lawmen in [...]
