Rappler's latest stories on 2020 national budget
Where did funds from 2019, 2020 budgets for coronavirus response go?
As of May 27, at least P353.86 billion has been released from available funds in the two national budgets to fund coronavirus-related measures
Cayetano insists beef with DBM chief over infra budget not about pork barrel
'Kung ang iniisip ng iba na may pinoprotektahan dito 'yung tinuturing mong pork barrel eh 'di sana nilagay na namin sa batas na bawal kunin 'yong infra,' says Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act
PARTLY FALSE: Duterte gov't 'slashed' P10 billion for DOH in 2020 budget
The President's proposed budget initially allocated a lower amount for the DOH for 2020 compared to 2019, but Congress increased it after bicameral discussions. Duterte did not veto these increases.
DICT's P800-M confidential funds: 2nd biggest in 2020 budget
The DICT, under scrutiny for its questionable release of P300 million in confidential funds in 2019, gets an even bigger sum than the government's anti-drug agency in 2020
House bills seek P2-B fund for DOH to buy masks, protective equipment
House committee on ways and means chair Joey Salceda also wants to allot P20 million for the hazard pay of epidemiologists on the frontlines of battling the novel coronavirus
House health panel chair seeks P1B to help DOH combat novel coronavirus
House committee on health chairperson Helen Tan says she wants to increase the P900-million additional budget that the DOH requested to boost the government's response to the new virus
2020 budget: A year of compromises
Part 2: This year's budget is far less controversial than 2019, but to achieve that, compromises were made. Will it be worth it?
2020 budget: Where will the money go?
Most departments gain substantial increases in 2020's P4.1-trillion national budget, as the government recuperates from the effects of the 4-month budget delay in 2019
Duterte signs P4.1-trillion 2020 budget into law
(UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte signs the 2020 budget bill into law, less than a week after the Philippine government started to operate under a reenacted budget
Philippines welcomes 2020 by operating on a reenacted budget
The P4.1-trillion 2020 budget is scheduled to be signed by the President on January 6, forcing the government to operate in the first few days of January 2020 with the funds appropriated in 2019
National budget may be signed in January 2020 – Cayetano
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano says that while the budget signing will be slightly behind schedule, projects will not be delayed
Acosta asks Duterte to veto provision defunding PAO lab in 2020 budget
Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta claims the PAO forensic lab was defunded to 'jeopardize its operations' but lawmakers have said that the lab just duplicated the work of other agencies
Lacson urges Duterte to veto questionable P16B in bicam-approved 2020 budget
Senator Panfilo Lacson hopes the President would once again veto questionable items in the proposed 2020 budget, just as he did with this year's fiscal plan
Congress passes P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020
But Senator Panfilo Lacson accuses the House of allegedly inserting P16.345 billion worth of projects in the 2020 budget
Bicam approves P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget
The Senate and the House of Representatives are expected to ratify the bicam report on the 2020 budget on Wednesday, December 11, during their respective sessions
Bicam meetings on 2020 budget to push through despite Typhoon Tisoy
House appropriations committee chair Isidro Ungab and Senate finance committee chair Juan Edgardo Angara will meet to settle contentious provisions of the House and Senate versions of the 2020 general appropriations bill
No traffic improvement by end of 2019? Blame Congress, says Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte asks Congress to pass the 2020 national budget in December to avoid another delay that could impact government projects
Bicam to ‘amicably resolve’ 2020 budget issues behind closed doors
House committee on appropriations chair Isidro Ungab and Senate committee on finance chair Juan Edgardo Angara will meet one-on-one to settle the conflicting provisions in the budget bill
2020 budget includes salary increase of gov't nurses
Senator Lacson says government nurses can start getting higher salaries as early as January 2020
Lacson says pork-free national budget an ‘impossible dream’
After flagging some P20 billion in dubious items in different agencies’ budget proposals, the senator says he finds the hunt for ‘pork' funds ‘more exciting than irritating'
Bloated SEA Games budget and other exposés
Who says budget hearings are boring?
Faeldon tried to realign P1-billion BuCor budget to Mindoro prison
'We heard that he (Nicanor Faeldon) was interested in running for an election post in Mindoro. Certainly, to request to realign P1 billion to Sablayan detention facilities in Mindoro becomes suspect,' says Senator Franklin Drilon
Judiciary gets additional P2-B budget, more judges to be hired
The Presidential Electoral Tribunal gets a P13.05 million share from the additional budget
LIVE: Senate plenary deliberations on the PSC 2020 budget
Senate Minority Franklin Drilon has raised questions on the proposed budget of the agency responsible for the hosting of the 2019 SEA Games. Watch the Senate deliberations live on Rappler.
Senate recalls approval of BCDA's P15.5-billion budget
The sponsor of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority budget will be made to explain how the New Clark City Sports Complex won't turn into a white elephant after the SEA Games
Angara: Enough time to pass bill extending 2019 budget validity
'I don't think there's a reason to worry because we have about 7 to 8 weeks before the end of the year,' says Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Senate finance committee
MISLEADING: Lacson 'declares' 2020 budget 'truly pork-free'
The General Appropriations bill submitted by the House is still under review by the Senate. Lacson only said his team found 'no pork' during their preliminary study.
House turns resolution extending 2019 budget validity into bill
House committee on appropriations is doing this in response to a Supreme Court ruling that a mere resolution cannot change the law, like the 2019 General Appropriations Act
Social services fund hike pushed as 2020 budget bill goes to Senate plenary
The Senate aims to wrap up deliberations of the general appropriations bill by November 22
Senate to begin plenary debates on 2020 budget
The Senate is aiming to prevent another budget deadlock that delayed the passage of the 2019 General Appropriations Bill
Lacson wants 2020 budget bicam open to the public
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano says the lower chamber has about P50 to P100 billion worth of realignments to be introduced at the bicameral conference committee
Recto says unprogrammed funds in 2020 budget lack details
'My point is that these particulars should be openly declared in the NEP, and not swept under innocuously-worded headings,' says Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto
Senators won't adopt House version of P4.1-T budget for 2020
Senator Panfilo Lacson floats the idea to stop congressmen from introducing further amendments during the bicameral conference committee
House OKs resolution extending validity of 2019 budget
The resolution seeks to extend the life of funds allocated for the maintenance and other operating expenses and for capital outlay under the 2019 budget
Over 10,000 health workers could lose jobs due to DOH budget cut – Recto
This concern comes as the Department of Health gears up for the implementation of the Universal Health Care law in 2020
Recto proposes new job ranks with higher pay for teachers
Senator Ralph Recto is proposing the creation of four additional salary grades for teachers
[ANALYSIS] Duterte’s perverse priorities in the proposed 2020 budget
The national budget is one of the clearest expressions of a government’s values, its priorities, and its plans for the country. It tells us to what extent our politicians reflect the will and interests of the people.
Where House is proposing to realign P9.52 billion in 2020 budget
Lawmakers want the Department of Agriculture to benefit the most from the proposed realignments by giving the agency an additional P3.5 billion to help rice farmers
Cayetano to critics: Find 'pork' in 2020 budget and House will remove it
'Ang problema sa tsismis, basta't nabitawan mo na, hindi mo na madaling kunin,' says Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano as he insists the 2020 budget is free of illegal insertions
New housing department wants P47.5-billion budget in 2020
Senator Francis Tolentino proposes that housing funds under other agencies be consolidated under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development instead
Romualdez to Lacson: Name your sources
(4th UPDATE) 'Nobody seems to know where’s that coming from,' says House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Senator Panfilo Lacson's accusations of 'pork' against the 22 House deputy speakers
Lacson rebuffs Congress: ‘Wrong’ to say House passed 2020 budget in record time
Senator Panfilo Lacson points out that the House of Representatives' work isn't finished yet – it still has a period of amendments, after which it will finalize its version of the budget bill
P1.6-B hike in House budget to also benefit Batasan workers, facilities
But Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano denies deputy speakers and vice chairpersons in the House increased because he had to accommodate various factions of lawmakers
Funds for 2020 barangay polls to be realigned to DA, DepEd instead
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano says legislators are already set to postpone the 2020 barangay and SK elections, whose funds can now be realigned to other government programs next year
With polio back, EcoWaste wants more DOH funds to build toilets
Only P2 million is allotted under the DOH's proposed 2020 budget to build sanitary toilets
House OKs 2020 budget on final reading
The progressive Makabayan lawmakers, however, blast the lack of transparency in the swift approval of the 2020 budget
House wants additional P1.6B budget for extra deputy speakers, vice chairs
There are now 22 deputy speakers and 37 vice chairpersons of the House committee on appropriations who need new offices and additional staff to be funded in 2020
Hontiveros says DOH's P10-billion budget cut an 'attack on public health'
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III appeals to senators to grant them additional budget for 2020 to be able to fully roll out the Universal Health Care law
TESDA wants P3.3-billion additional budget for 2020
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority chief Isidro Lapeña says half of the requested additional funding will be used to implement the Tulong-Trabaho Act
Paolo Duterte hits tourism chief: 'Napupuyat na ko sa babae na 'to'
It's President Rodrigo Duterte's son, House Deputy Speaker Paolo Duterte, versus Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat
