Deadlock ends as Senate-House panel approves P3.8-T nat’l budget for 2019

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 08:16:27 +0000

Deadlock ends as Senate-House panel approves P3.8-T nat’l budget for 2019

The budget impasse is now over after the Senate-House conference committee signed and approved Friday the final version of the P3.8-trillion 2019 national budget.

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Palace backs Diokno skipping House hearing on 2019 budget

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:39:58 +0000

Palace backs Diokno skipping House hearing on 2019 budget

Malacañang has backed the decision of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to skip the House appropriations committee hearing on the 2019 budget.

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Andaya slams Diokno’s non-appearance at House budget hearing

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:07:03 +0000

Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. has slammed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno for not attending the House Committee on Appropriations hearing.

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2019 budget impasse over? Lawmakers meet in a bid to pass measure

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:00:01 +0000

2019 budget impasse over? Lawmakers meet in a bid to pass measure

Lawmakers are now expected to break the deadlock over the final version of the P3.8-trillion national budget proposal for 2019.

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Palace: Duterte to use veto power on 2019 national budget if needed

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:30:08 +0000

Palace: Duterte to use veto power on 2019 national budget if needed

President Rodrigo Duterte would veto “insertions” in the 2019 national budget if it goes against the Supreme Court ruling on “pork barrel,”

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Lacson leaves it to Duterte to purge budget of pork

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 21:38:23 +0000

It’s up to President Rodrigo Duterte to purge his P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 of pork, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Wednesday.

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DBM exec tagged in P75B ‘insertions’ in DPWH budget

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 21:34:24 +0000

DPWH employees who testified during the resumption of the House of Representatives inquiry into the unrequested funds said Pangandaman summoned them to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)

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