Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 10:32:58 +0000
The proposed P3.8-trillion budget for 2019 is expected to be ratified by Congress before it adjourns on Wednesday, according to House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:15:28 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday dared COOP NATCCO Rep. Anthony Bravo to make all his amendments in the national budget public.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:07:52 +0000
Senator Ralph Recto admitted introducing own amendments to the budget, including P68 billion worth of “institutional” amendments that are not part of Malacanang’s submission to Congress.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:40:34 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson has downplayed as “pathetic assertions” a party-list congressman’s denial on “pork” allocations.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:44:23 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday threatened to pull out the Senate version of the draft P3.8-trillion spending bill from the deliberations of the bicameral committee
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:44:15 +0000
Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., who chairs House appropriations panel, again pushed for the abandonment of the cash-based budgeting system proposed this year by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:43:27 +0000
A reenacted budget for 2019 would be “disastrous” for the economy, Malacañang said, opposing Senate President Vicente Sotto’s proposal.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:29:01 +0000
Some senators have introduced “individual amendments” or “insertions” to the proposed budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for 2019 that might be considered pork as spelled out in a Supreme Court decision, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:25:20 +0000
Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Tuesday threatened to bring the House of Representatives down if Congress would be forced to pass the proposed 2019 national budget unchecked, as hostilities between lawmakers and budget officials escalated.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:17:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate conferees to the bicameral conference have requested the cancellation of debates on the proposed P3.8 trillion 2019 national budget scheduled Tuesday, House appropriations panel chair Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said.
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