Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:32:24 +0000
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said he was “enjoying” the emergence of fresh allegations that more lawmakers had been given even bigger allocations for their districts
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:30:57 +0000
Sorsogon province received P10 billion for infrastructure projects in 2018 alone from the national government, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:51:01 +0000
Opposition senatorial bets on Wednesday slammed the practice of allocating “pork” for lawmakers in the national budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:45:37 +0000
It’s “unbelievable” Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno was unaware of the P10-billion infra fund for Sorsogon, says Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:15:37 +0000
The 2019 national budget would not be approved within the year, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:29:42 +0000
The district of former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, not that of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo or those of her allies in the House of Representatives, was allotted the biggest infrastructure funding in the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget for next year, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:27:45 +0000
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno orchestrated the “insertion” of some P75 billion in the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 without President Rodrigo Duterte’s consent, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:26:09 +0000
Certain members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet stood as benefactors of a construction company that netted 30 infrastructure projects worth several billions of pesos, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. disclosed on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:24:48 +0000
Don’t look at us.Former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and his buddy, former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, dismissed insinuations that they had a hand in funneling billions of pesos in pork to their congressional districts.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:21:33 +0000
The Senate will look for funds to restore the P16.8 billion slashed from the proposed budget of the Department of Health (DOH) that was supposed to be spent on equipment for 900 health centers and complete the construction of more than 300 others, or these facilities will go unused next year.
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