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VILLAFUERTE TO DOF, DBM: FUND P1K SENIORS’ PENSION

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has appealed to the Departments of Finance (DOF) and Budget and Management (DBM) to exert their “optimum effort” in looking for enough funds to enable the Marcos administration to possibly carry out fully beginning this year new amendatory law doubling to P1,000 the monthly social pension of more than 4 million […]

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CHED EXCEEDS PHYSICAL TARGETS FOR 2021 – DBM

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) not only met but exceeded its physical targets for 2021, with some indicators recording notably high accomplishment rates for the period of January to December 2021. This is the evaluation of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) after completing the review of CHED’s performance, particularly agency utilization of […]

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DTI, DBM SIGN DATA SHARING AGREEMENT – LOPEZ

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) signed a Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) which allows the two agencies to link their respective systems and further improve the electronic procurement process. The ceremonial signing was held at the Philippine Board of Investments in Makati City and was […]

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TOLENTINO TO DBM: EMPOWER LGUS TO FIGHT RECESSION

Senator Francis Tolentino urged the incoming leadership of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to empower local government units using the “Mandanas ruling” of the Supreme Court in averting the effects of a looming global recession amid the combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inflation brought by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Tolentino […]

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DEPED INTERNAL AUDITORS TOP DBM TRAINING – BRIONES

Five internal auditors from the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office were among the top 15 of the batch 3 completers of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) capacity-building training on the Revised Philippine Governmental Internal Audit (IA) Manual (RPGIAM). The training on the RPGIAM aims to build the capabilities of the personnel concerned […]

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DBM TOLD TO PRIORITIZE VIROLOGY INSTITUTE BUDGET

The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for ordering the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to include the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP) in the President’s budget proposal for 2022. Albay Representative Joey Salceda said Duterte’s prioritization of the VIP in the national budget will help ensure […]

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AGUSAN DEL SUR TOWN GETS 2 FINISHED INFRA PROJECTS

The municipality of San Francisco in Agusan del Sur welcomed the completion of two infrastructure projects worth over P7.9 million in one of its villages. In a statement, the town said the two projects were funded by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) through the Local Government Support Fund Assistance to Municipalities 2020 program. […]

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DBM RAISES SALARY GRADE OF ENTRY-LEVEL NURSES

Senator Dick Gordon welcomed the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) reversal of Circular No. 2020-4 that raises the salary grade (SG) of entry-level nurses while retaining the position titles of Nurse III to Nurse VII with their corresponding salary grades. The memorandum issued by Malacañang on June 1, 2021 increases the salary of Nurse […]

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INSTITUTIONAL COS WORKERS IN GOVT SHOULD BE PAID DURING LUZON QUARANTINE – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva has sought to clarify a portion of the guidelines covering the salary continuance for contractual workers in government which was contained in a recent circular issued by the Commission on Audit (COA) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Villanueva said he wrote Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado recently to request for either […]

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UPHOLD SC RULING ON HIGHER PAY FOR NURSES – GO

Senator Bong Go said he supports the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling to uphold Section 32 of the Republic Act (RA) 9173 or the “Philippine Nursing Act of 2002” which states that “the minimum base pay of nurses working in public health institutions shall not be lower than salary grade 15.” “Importante po sa atin ang […]