Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:16:04 +0000
THE House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations will issue a show cause order against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to explain why he failed to attend hearings on the alleged irregularities…READ
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:46:54 +0000
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno did not notify the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that P75 billion was added to its budget for 2019
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:37:11 +0000
The Supreme Court has ordered Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to explain the delay in the release of the fourth and final tranche of salary increases for government workers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:26:39 +0000
Defiant to the end, Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Monday relinquished his post as majority leader of the House of Representatives, ending days of speculation about his place in the administration after a highly public feud with Malacañang over the 2019 spending bill.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:22:30 +0000
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday agreed with former House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.’s position that the purchasing office of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) should not be involved in awarding multibillion-peso government contracts.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:43:12 +0000
THE House of Representatives’ Committee on Rules will resume its investigation into the alleged 2019 budget “insertions on Monday, January 21. The panel is expected to take off from the…READ
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:38:45 +0000
From buying office supplies, such as ball pens and pencils, a “small, really small” purchasing unit under the office of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno grew to supervise the bidding of some P198 billion in big-ticket contracts in 2018, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. divulged on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:34:43 +0000
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 as soon as possible or Malacañang would call a special session of Congress to enact the spending bill, cutting their campaign time for the midterm elections in May. The President has authority to call Congress to a special […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:45:57 +0000
THE Philippine economy likely grew by 6.5 percent in 2018, hitting the lower end of the government’s official target range, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday. “The country’s growth…READ
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:23:18 +0000
Why did the government approve a multimillion-peso flood control project for a river on a riverless plain in Sorsogon province?
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