The Philippines will be spending the biggest national budget in history according to some analysts as Budget Secretary Butch Abad confirmed on Tuesday that legislators have allocations for their districts in the 2016 budgt, worth P3 trillion. Sec. Abad who represents the Executive Branch of government submitted the 2016 National Expenditure Program to House Speaker … Read more
Good news for all government workers as their highly anticipated salary increase could become a reality after Budget Secretary Florencio Abad hinted on Monday a possible increase in workers’ salaries before President Benigno Aquino III steps down in 2016. According to the Budget Secretary, there is an item for increasing the salary of government workers … Read more
The Philippine National Police announced on Tuesday, that monetary awards as much as P30,000 will be given to deserving cops who excelled on their performance of duties for the year 2014. The PNP’s Performance-Based Bonuses (PBB) willl be released to the cops starting on January 6, 2015. The good news was relayed to the cops … Read more
All government employees will receive their 13th month pay and cash gifts or bonus starting this week according to the announcement released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). According to the announcement the remaining half of all government personnel will be made available as confirmed by Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad. Based upon … Read more
The country’s Department of Budget and Management (DBM) already finalized the purchase of the 12 Korean FA-50 fighter jets after they released the special allotment release order (SARO) which allocates a total of P18.9-billion. According to Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo the SARO was issued by the DBM on June 24, 2014. After the release and … Read more
The Philippines’ budget department (DBM) announced the release of budget for the Department of Education (DepEd) program for Out-of-School Youth (OSY). According to DBM a total of P1.97 billion was already released to DepEd for the implementation of Abot-Alam program. The Abot-Alam Program is designed to provide various opportunities for education and possible career and … Read more
The DBM (Department of Budget and Management) admitted on Tuesday that they made a “clerical error” in listing former Compostela Valley Rep. Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora as the one who received a whopping P3 Billion in pork barrel funds during the year 2007. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad Jr. clarified that the DBM made a mistake … Read more