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Diokno not off the hook in House probe on budget mess amid BSP appointment

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Credit to Author: GLEE JALEA| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:42:26 +0000

DESPITE the appointment of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno as the new Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, he will still be summoned to the House of Representatives investigating his alleged involvement in…READ

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Lawmaker to Malacanang: Ask House to transmit 2019 budget bill now

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:45:24 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang should urge the leaders of the House of Representatives to promptly transmit the ratified 2019 budget for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday.

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Diokno not off the hook in House probe on budget mess amid BSP appointment

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:42:26 +0000

DESPITE the appointment of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno as the new Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, he will still be summoned to the House of Representatives investigating his alleged involvement in…READ

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Andaya: House only itemizing, not manipulating 2019 budget

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:54:32 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives is only itemizing the appropriations under the ratified 2019 budget and not manipulating it, House Appropriations committee chairperson Rolando Andaya Jr. said Tuesday.

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Arroyo denies ‘manipulations,’ P25M realignment in ratified 2019 budget — Palace

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:08:36 +0000

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo denied Tuesday the latest claim of Sen. Panfilo Lacson that the House of Representatives led by her was manipulating the 2019 budget even after it was ratified.

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Diokno dares Andaya to name exec in P75-B ‘pork’ kickback deals

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 05:25:23 +0000

Diokno dares Andaya to name exec in P75-B ‘pork’ kickback deals

Diokno dared Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. to name the government official who allegedly received kickbacks from contractors.

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Diokno: ‘Improper’ for Andaya to threaten President with lawsuit

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:41:53 +0000

Diokno: ‘Improper’ for Andaya to threaten President with lawsuit

Diokno said it was “improper” for a lawmaker “to threaten the President with a suit in the exercise of his power” on the budget.

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Diokno: Andaya claim on restoring P75B ‘pork’ ‘irresponsible’

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:26:30 +0000

Diokno: Andaya claim on P75B ‘pork’ ‘baseless, irresponsible’

Budget Secretary Diokno slammed as “baseless, irresponsible” the claim of Andaya that P75 billion “pork” in the 2019 GAA would be restored.

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Diokno welcomes House subpoena as ‘opportunity to clarify budget process’

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:34:55 +0000

BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno welcomed the subpoena issued against him by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations. “Given these facts and the misconceptions about the (budget) process, we take…READ

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Andaya-led House panel to subpoena Diokno

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:29:47 +0000

Andaya-led House panel to subpoena Diokno

The House committee on appropriations carried a motion to subpoena Budget Sec. Diokno after his snubbing of the inquiry into issues in the 2019 budget.

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