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House leader supports budget hike for DA in 2023

(File photo) MANILA - House Committee on Appropriations chairman Zaldy Co on Monday expressed support to the 40-percent increase in the budget of the Department of Agriculture as it would help increase food supply and reduce prices. During the budget hearing, Co described as "unprecedented" the huge percentage increase in the agriculture sector's budget from PHP117.29 billion in 2022 to PHP163.75 billion in 2023. "This budget increase should ensure the country's food security-meaning, as per President Marcos's directive, local food supply should increase and, by the law of supply and demand, result in lower food prices," Co said. Co said the House also supports President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s directive to strengthen the agriculture sector to achieve food security and sufficiency. "This institution is united with the President in building and strengthening the foundations of our agricultural economy for an even stronger nati

Recto banking on DBM's transparency with UA lump sums in proposed P5.268-T budget

Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto expects the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to have no trouble in providing to lawmakers the details of the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) lump sums in the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP). Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) "I trust that

DBM asked to defend unprogrammed funds in 2023 budget

Deputy Speaker Isidro Ungab (File photo) MANILA - Deputy Speaker Isidro Ungab on Tuesday said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) should defend and explain some PHP588 billion in unprogrammed appropriations under the proposed PHP5.268 trillion 2023 national budget. Ungab said the unprogrammed appropriations cover 16 percent of the total proposed expenditures in the programmed portion of the proposed national budget for next year, which is a "sharp turn" from the 2 percent to 5 percent in previous years. He said he still considers the unprogrammed funds as part of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s proposal under the National Expenditure Program (NEP), even if these are deemed as "standby appropriations" that were not backed up by revenues at the time the budget proposal was submitted by the President to Congress. He noted that while unprogrammed appropriations (UAs) are part of the NEP, the same are netted out as part of the cash-based budget. "I be

Recto on DSWD: So many clients, so few employees – Manila Bulletin

House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has identified the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the agency that has the “the lowest regular staff-to-clientele ratio in the entire bureaucracy". Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) Figu

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