MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. received the National Expenditure Program (NEP) on Tuesday, August 12, with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) set to transmit the ...

MANILA, Philippines—Senators unanimously signed and filed on Wednesday a resolution that seeks to strengthen the national budget process by institutionalizing strict transparency and accountability ...

Once the Granby Board of Finance provides budget guidance for the fiscal year, the Granby Board of Education conducts a series of four public budget meetings and workshops, each intentionally designed ...

There was a sense of guarded optimism among them, the designated “nonvoting observers,” when the 2026 national budget process began in August. For the first time, the House of Representatives invited ...

MANILA, Philippines — Transparency remains a concern in Congress’s budget process, particularly in bicameral conference committee hearings where final changes to the national budget are made out of ...

Questions about the alleged “insertions” in the national budget have been raised anew in Congress amid the revelations in the flood control investigation. Some lawmakers were accused of having a hand ...

South Africa’s National Treasury plans to revamp its 2026 budget-preparation process after political wrangling saw this year’s proposal altered twice. “South Africa’s current budget process has not ...

The flood control scandal has more to do with the flawed budget process, rather than corruption itself. Simply put, the present process lends itself to corruption. Realistically, corruption can be ...

South Africa’s National Treasury plans to revamp its 2026 budget-preparation process after political wrangling saw this year’s proposal altered twice. “South Africa’s current budget process has not ...

As South Africa's current budget process has not kept pace with the country's evolving fiscal, institutional and political realities, government has published changes that will be implemented in the ...