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BetterGov.ph is becoming the official Gov.PH.

The Philippine government is adopting BetterGov.ph as the official portal of the Republic of the Philippines. The new Gov.PH is being co-developed by DICT’s eGov team and the Filipino open-source community.

Co-developed with DICT’s eGov team
Open source, and staying that way
Launching soon

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The BetterGov.ph portal home page: Welcome to BetterGov.ph, the volunteer-run portal of the Republic of the Philippines — Our open-source portal, bettergov.ph, today. The new Gov.PH launches soon.

Our truth

Our democracy has a data problem.

₱7,200,186,000,000

Proposed for 2027 alone, in the National Expenditure Program. See it line by line ↗

Every year, trillions of pesos flow through government budgets. Millions of data points about how our tax money is spent exist somewhere in the system. But for the average Filipino? That data might as well not exist.

It’s trapped in impenetrable PDFs. Scattered across broken government websites. Written in bureaucratic language that serves officials, not citizens.

The community · As of 16 Oct 2026

A community of thousands, building in the open.

5,000+

Members in our Discord, up from 3,600+ at 100 days

500+

Contributors: developers, researchers, organizers, and more

50+

Projects, and counting

Partnerships with various groups. And growing.

Our mission

Digital tools. Real change.

Zero compromises. Here’s the proof.

₱7.20T

The proposed 2027 budget, line by line: all 532,313 items, compared with this year’s.

Budget Portal (opens in a new tab)

₱547.6B

In flood-control contracts: 9,855 projects and 2,409 contractors, open to anyone.

Flood Control Browser (opens in a new tab)

50,000+

Supreme Court decisions, free to search, alongside more than 10,000 Republic Acts.

Juris.ph (opens in a new tab)

47%

Of 17,807 local seats in 2025 were held by surname blocs.

Dynasties (opens in a new tab)

Figures from each tool, read 16 Oct 2026.

Kuya J · chat.bettergov.ph

Now, anyone can just ask.

Ask in English, Filipino, or a little of both.
Answers come from the public data we publish.
Every answer comes with its source.

Ask Kuya J

A real answer, recorded 16 Oct 2026

Magkano ang panukalang budget ng DepEd para sa 2027?

Sa FY2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP), ang panukalang budget ng Department of Education (DepEd) ay ₱975.96 bilyon — mas mababa ng ₱39.35 bilyon o –3.9% kumpara sa FY2026 GAA baseline na ₱1,015.31 bilyon.

Bumagsak ang Capital Outlays (gaya ng pagpapatayo ng paaralan) sa ₱33.05 bilyon, –66.9%.

Paalala: ito ay panukala pa lamang (NEP proposal), hindi pa final na GAA.

Source 1National budget — DepEd, FY 2027 NEPbudget.bettergov.ph/2027/d/07

Our battle cry

Hindi tayo tumitingin. Tayo ang gumagawa.

We don’t just watch. We build.

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One year of BetterGov.ph

Isang taon.

Our first year as a keynote: the movement, the tools, the numbers, and what comes next.

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The title slide of the one-year report: Isang taon. One year of BetterGov.ph

Transparency is not a feature. It’s a right.