Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:33:53 +0000
Congress’ joint session for martial law extension has added to the delay in passing next year’s P3.757 trillion national budget which a Senate leader said could no longer be done this year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:44:06 +0000
The controversial infrastructure budget in the 2019 budget was P75 billion, not P51.8 billion, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:28:49 +0000
Even Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon was “bothered” by the expose that a single contractor had cornered 30 government projects.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:36:05 +0000
The Senate may adjourn its session this week without passing the 2019 national budget unless President Rodrigo Duterte calls for a special session during Christmas break.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:26:46 +0000
Former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and ex-Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas have pointed to the executive department for the infrastructure allocations their respective districts will receive under the proposed 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:25:34 +0000
How did a single contractor bag 30 government projects worth billions of pesos before Congress could even approve the national budget for 2019?
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:24:34 +0000
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Monday defended the “prerogative” of members of Congress to realign funds for their pet projects in the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget amid allegations of last-minute insertions in the spending bill.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:42:34 +0000
Lacson earlier alleged that at least two members of the House have been allotted P2.2 billion and P1.9 billion budget for their pet projects.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:42:34 +0000
Lacson earlier alleged that at least two members of the House have been allotted P2.2 billion and P1.9 billion budget for their pet projects.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 23:24:30 +0000
The House of Representatives has directed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to appear at its plenary session on Tuesday to shed light on P975 billion in unspent public funds during the first two years of the Duterte administration.
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