(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Saturday, 19 July 2025) As of 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression “CRISING” was located at 530 km east of Juban, Sorsogon (13.0°N, 128.9°E). It has maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h. It is moving west-northwest at 15 km/h. Tropical Depression Crising is currently affecting Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte, while the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect the rest of Mindanao. Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to TD Crising. Flash floods or landslides are possible during moderate to at times heavy rainfall. Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and the rest of Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms caused by the Southwest Monsoon. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, also due to the Southwest Monsoon. Winds will be moderate from the southwest to west, with moderate seas (wave height: 1.2 to 2.5 meters).


Thursday, 10 August 2023

House begins probe on proposed 2024 nat'l budget 

The House Committee on Appropriations will officially begin the review and scrutiny of the P5.768 trillion proposed national budget for FY 2024 with a briefing by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on August 10, 2023. 

DBCC Chairperson and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman will provide an overview of the proposed national budget, which includes the budget’s dimensions and expenditure directions for 2024. 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona Jr. and National Economic and Development (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan will present the administration’s macroeconomic assumptions and growth targets over the medium term, while Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno will discuss the government’s revenue collection performance and projects.

Anchored on the theme, “Agenda for Prosperity: Securing a Future-Proof and Sustainable Economy,” the proposed FY 2024 national budget is 21.7 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and higher by 9.5 percent than the FY 2023 national budget. 

To foster an enabling environment for social and economic transformation, the largest allocation of the proposed FY 2024 budget, or 38.0 percent will go to the Social Services sector with P2.18 trillion to fund health and social and education-related services. Meanwhile, P1.71 trillion or 29.6 percent of the budget will be provided to the Economic Services sector to continue high investments in public infrastructure through the Build-Better-More program. 

The House of Representatives is targeting to approve on third and final reading the FY 2024 National Expenditure Program on or before September 30, 2023. (DBM/PIA-Caraga)



 

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