Lacson backs Sotto’s bid for reenacted budget

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:17:20 +0000

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday backed the re-enacted budget now being pushed by “frustrated” Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III.

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‘Sick and tired’ of pork talk, Sotto moves for reenacted budget 

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 05:14:43 +0000

‘Sick and tired’ of pork talk, Sotto moves for reenacted budget 

“Sick and tired” of a “pork” allegations, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III now wants a reenacted national budget.

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Lacson asks colleagues to make public amendments to 2019 budget

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:06:12 +0000

For transparency purposes, Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday urged  fellow legislators to publicize their proposed amendments to the P3.7-trillion 2019 budget.

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House panel to issue show cause order vs Diokno

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:16:04 +0000

THE House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations will issue a show cause order against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to explain why he failed to attend hearings on the alleged irregularities…READ

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House ready to ‘own up’ amendments, insertions in 2019 budget– Andaya

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:07:45 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is ready to “own up” and specify their amendments in the proposed P3.8 trillion national budget for 2019, appropriations committee chair and Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday.

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Palace to let Diokno decide on House panel’s show cause order

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:51:27 +0000

Malacañang on Tuesday said it will let Budget Secretary Ben Diokno “decide for himself” after the House appropriations committee issued a show cause order against him for his repeated failure to attend the chamber’s inquiry on the alleged anomalies in the proposed

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Drilon: No ‘deadlock’ in 2019 budget

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:49:45 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — There will be no “deadlock” in the 2019 national budget,” Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has assured on Tuesday.

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Drilon, Lacson: No more budget for dredging in 2019

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:21:21 +0000

Drilon, Lacson: No more budget for dredging in 2019

MANILA, Philippines — On Senator Panfilo Lacson’s motion, Congress has agreed to remove the funding for dredging, dubbed as the “rich source of corruption” in the national budget. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the agreement was reached during Monday’s bicameral conference committee meeting on the 2019 national budget. “A major amendment there is that […]

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2019 budget: Senate, House to re-prioritize P50 B

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:05:25 +0000

The bicameral conference committee (bicam) on the 2019 national budget on Monday agreed to re-prioritize some portions of the proposed budget which the Senate has branded as an “institutional amendment” and “not pork.”

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