Ping: Pork runs into hundreds of billions
Pork-free it is not.
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House to resume budget hearings after Palace vows to restore cuts in education, health
THE House of Representatives is expected resume deliberations on the proposed P3.757 trillion budget for 2019 after the Executive department agreed to fund the cuts in education and health, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya, Jr. of Camarines Sur said on Wednesday. Andaya said the agreement was reached among President Rodrigo Duterte, Speaker Gloria Arroyo and himself […]
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Read moreNograles rules out reenacted 2019 budget, to push obligations-based funding
THERE will be no reenacted budget for 2019 even with the indefinite suspension of deliberations on the proposed P3.7 trillion cash-based allocation at the House of Representatives, Rep. Karlo Nograles of Davao City said on Sunday. “We don’t want a reenacted budget. Discussions on reenacted budget only happens when it is already December and the […]
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Read moreHouse vows to restore obligations-based budget for 2019
THE House of Representatives will move for an obligations-based P3.7-trillion budget in 2019 from the cash-based appropriation, which the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had recommended, “to reflect the realities of governance,” a House leader said on Friday. “We will revert to an obligations-based budget. This is not just what Congress wants. Members of […]
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Read moreUPDATE: House rejects proposed P3.7-T budget for 2019 over massive cuts
THE House of Representatives rejected the proposed P3.7 trillion budget for 2019, which introduces a system requiring government agencies to spend all of its obligated funding within the year or lose it. Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. of Camarines Sur made the announcement during a hastily called caucus on Wednesday as lawmakers raised concerns that […]
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Read moreDiokno: There will be 2019 elections
THERE will be midterm elections in 2019, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Tuesday. “We’re not discussing no-el (no election) scenario,” Diokno said, answering queries from Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on the first day of the 2019 budget deliberations at the House of Representatives. “There will be an election next year,” Diokno said. Diokno […]
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