Lacson: Delete P75-B ‘insertions’ in DPWH’s 2019 budget

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:15:09 +0000

Lacson: Delete P75-B ‘insertions’ in DPWH’s 2019 budget

Senator Panfilo Lacson has called for the removal of the P75 billion “insertions”  from the DPWH’s 2019 budget.

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Palace blames Congress for stalled pay hike of state workers

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:39:33 +0000

Palace blames Congress for stalled pay hike of state workers

It is Congress, not the executive department, that is holding hostage the scheduled increase in the salary of state workers.

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Duterte vows to raise salary of teachers this 2019 

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:42:52 +0000

Duterte vows to raise salary of teachers this 2019 

President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to raise teachers’ salary this year, as he bared talking to Budget Secretary Ben Diokno about the plan.

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Bayan Muna to Diokno: Stop holding off state workers’ salary hike

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:26:12 +0000

Bayan Muna to Diokno: Stop holding off state workers' salary hike

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate hit Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Thursday for aeemingly holding hostage state workers’ salary increase.

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Sotto says 1 month delay in release of pay hike for gov’t workers is OK

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 05:26:03 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — It probably would not hurt much if the scheduled pay hike of government workers this year would be delayed for a month, President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Thursday.

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‘Pork-laden budget worse than delayed, reenacted one’

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:24:42 +0000

While his colleagues are bent on passing the proposed P3.8-trillion budget for 2019 on time, Sen. Panfilo Lacson would rather see it delayed than be passed filled with pork.

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Palace says House majority leader mentally challenged

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:23:44 +0000

Palace says House majority leader mentally challenged

House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. lacks common sense, Malacañang said on Tuesday after the Camarines Sur representative threatened to take Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to court if he suspended payment of salary increases to civil servants this month as a result of the delay in the approval of the P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019.

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Drilon to DBM: Don’t hold ‘hostage’ state workers’ salary increase

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:46:39 +0000

Drilon to DBM: Don't hold ‘hostage’ state workers’ salary increase

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has appealed to DBM not to hold “hostage” government workers’ salary increase.

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Palace urges Congress to set aside partisan politics, pass 2019 budget

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:53:01 +0000

Malacañang on Monday called on Congress to set aside partisan politics and pass the P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019.

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Congress may have to ‘re-examine the 2019 budget closely’ – Andaya

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 05:09:07 +0000

Congress may have to “re-examine closely” the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said.

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