Senate, House set ground rules for ‘speedy’ bicam on 2019 budget

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:53:12 +0000

Senate, House set ground rules for 'speedy' bicam on 2019 budget

Senators and members of the House of Representatives have set the ground rules for an “orderly, transparent, and speedy” bicameral conference on the 2019 budget on Tuesday.

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House to resume probe on 2019 budget mess on Jan 21

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:43:12 +0000

THE House of Representatives’ Committee on Rules will resume its investigation into the alleged 2019 budget “insertions on Monday, January 21. The panel is expected to take off from the…READ

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Palace won’t pressure Congress to pass 2019 nat’l budget

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:26:13 +0000

There is no need to pressure Congress to pass the P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019, Malacañang said Thursday, a week after Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said any delay would be “unacceptable.”  

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Lacson: ‘Transfer’ part of deleted P75B to North Luzon projects

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:03:05 +0000

Lacson: ‘Transfer’ part of deleted P75B to North Luzon projects

Senator Panfilo Lacson wants part of the P75 billion that was deleted from the proposed 2019 public works budget to be realigned as he identified slope protection in Northern Luzon as a possible project for the fund. In a statement, Lacson said part of the deleted funds could be used to reinforce slopes and roads […]

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Palace won’t stop Senate move to delete P75 B add’l DPWH funding

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:31:35 +0000

Malacañang is not opposing the Senate’s move to delete the P75 billion additional fund for the 2019 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

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Lacson: ‘Final resting place’ for  P75B ‘insertion’ pending

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 05:17:30 +0000

The Senate has yet to discuss the final “resting  place”  for the P75 billion cut  from the Department of Public Works  and Highways (DPWH).

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Mark Villar denies knowledge of P75-B DPWH budget ‘insertions’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:05:34 +0000

DPWH Secretary Mark Villar finally admitted on Monday that he has no knowledge of the P75-billion “insertions” in the agency’s budget.

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