2017 Annual Budget

DBM Assured Amid Doubts: No DAP In 2017 Budget

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Diokno on DAP

Supreme Court ruled DAP or the ‘president’s pork barrel’ as unconstitutional during the Aquino Presidency. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Sec. Benjamin Diokno rebuffs the allegation that some provisions in the proposed 2017 annual budget were deliberately included to bring back the mechanism of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). The cross-border transfer practice of … Read more

Congress Receives P3.35 Trillion 2017 Proposed Annual Budget

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Of the total annual budget, allotted for the Office of President increased by 600% The House of the Representatives finally received on Monday the proposed 2017 annual budget of the Philippines amounting to P3.35 trillion. This is 11.6 percent higher than the budget for the current year 2016 which is P3.002 trillion. Department of Budget … Read more