Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 06:15:54 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday stressed that a pork-laden budget is far worse than a delayed or re-enacted one.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:55:37 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has questioned the timing of the House of Representative’s probe on the anomalies in the 2019 budget.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 05:38:10 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and the incorporators of Aremar Construction Corporation will be invited as “resource persons” to appear in the House public hearing on the alleged “anomalies” in the 2019 budget, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 08:35:48 +0000
Despite its vulnerability to flooding, Matnog, Sorsogon got zero allocation for flood control projects in 2019, says Rep. Rolando Andaya, Jr.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 04:29:51 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —There’s only one official that can bar Budget Secretary Ben Diokno from attending the House of Representatives’ probe on alleged “pork insertions” in the 2019 national budget — that’s the President.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:33:33 +0000
Lawmakers’ accusations that the Budget secretary was behind “insertions” in the 2019 budget are mere diversions from the “pork” issue.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:36:53 +0000
SENATE President Vicente C. Sotto 3rd proposed a simple solution to the allegations of “pork” insertions in the 2019 budget bill, whether by lawmakers or by the executive branch —…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 05:23:38 +0000
Senator Vicente Sotto III offered a solution as he defended Budget Secretary Diokno from claims he was behind the P75 billion insertion in the 2019 budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 03:57:12 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson appealed to Malacañang to “block” the proposal to call a special session on the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:30:03 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang on Thursday said Budget Secretary Ben Diokno still enjoys the full trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte amid issues surrounding the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019.
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