Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:35:21 +0000
Some P53 billion in allocation for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been diverted to infrastructure projects that were not originally proposed by the department, according to Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:17:57 +0000
“Institutional amendments” to the proposed 2019 national budget could not be called “pork barrel,” Senator Panfilo Lacson explained Monday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:22:57 +0000
“Imperial” Metro Manila will continue to receive a bigger slice of the spending pie in the proposed 2019 national budget, while the Visayas and Mindanao will suffer cuts, according to the Bayan Muna party-list group.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:33:22 +0000
To improve health facilities and retain personnel, Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is asking for a P10-billion boost in the 2019 budget of the Department of Health.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:46:54 +0000
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno did not notify the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that P75 billion was added to its budget for 2019
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:15:12 +0000
There are no irreconcilable differences between the House and Senate versions of the P3.8-trillion proposed budget for 2019, Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday, easing fears of a clash between the two chambers over the spending bill.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:47:18 +0000
Senator Ralph Recto has found this year’s bicameral conference meeting on the 2019 national budget “more difficult” to reach an agreement.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:51:25 +0000
Malacañang said Tuesday it expects a “smooth sailing” bicameral deliberations on the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:39:47 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang welcomed Tuesday the Senate’s passage on third and final reading of the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:26:39 +0000
Defiant to the end, Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Monday relinquished his post as majority leader of the House of Representatives, ending days of speculation about his place in the administration after a highly public feud with Malacañang over the 2019 spending bill.
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