‘Thanks, but why spare Palace, Senate pork?’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:21:04 +0000

‘Thanks, but why spare Palace, Senate pork?’

MANILA, Philippines — Progressive party-list groups on Tuesday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto on House insertions in the 2019 spending law, but they remained skeptical on why he kept intact billions-worth of alleged pork insertions by senators. Bayan Muna and ACT Teachers party-list warned that the president’s veto should not be an immediate cause for […]

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Existence of ‘pork’ makes fight vs corruption ‘pretentious’ — solons

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 06:15:58 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc said on Tuesday that the existence of pork in the 2019 budget and the squabble between allies of President Rodrigo Duterte show that the government’s drive against corruption is pretentious. According to Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, the pinpointing between economic managers and the House of Representatives […]

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3 reps urge admin to take ‘decisive actions’ in face of rising inflation

The Duterte administration must act decisively in the face of rising inflation, lawmakers urged on Friday. House economic affairs committee chair and Bohol 3rd district Rep. Arthur Yap said government should take decisive actions in the face of inflation reaching 5.2 percent in June.

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