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Diokno: Andaya is free to file case of mandamus before SC

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 03:05:18 +0000

Diokno: Andaya is free to file case of mandamus before SC

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno remained unfazed on Tuesday by a possible case he may face,  saying House Majority Leader Rolandao Andaya Jr. is free to file a  a case for mandamus before the Supreme Court regarding the scheduled salary increase of government employees.

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Diokno ‘trying to mislead’ public over lower inflation in December—Bayan Muna

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 06:20:55 +0000

Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno is allegedly “trying to mislead the people with the supposed lowering of inflation in December and the average inflation for 2018.”

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Diokno: Andaya ‘conflict of interest’ charge illusory, numbers wrong

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:22:35 +0000

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Friday said charges of conflict of interest made against him by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. in connection with billions of pesos worth of infrastructure projects in the Bicol region were groundless and deceptive.

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Sotto: Senate too busy to join argument on alleged budget anomalies

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:53:44 +0000

Sotto: Senate too busy to join argument on alleged budget anomalies

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday that Senate has “too many things on its plate” to join the discussion on the alleged anomalies in the 2019 budget.

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Newly empowered House Dems pass funding plan without wall

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 07:52:28 +0000

On their first day in the majority, House Democrats have passed a plan to re-open the government without funding the border wall.

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Andaya: Contractors are being used as fronts for Aremar

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 05:07:39 +0000

Andaya: Contractors are being used as fronts for Aremar

Some contractors are only being used as fronts to win infrastructure projects before funds are funneled into the company owned by the in-laws of Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. alleged on Thursday. 

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Gov’t scraps cash-based budgeting system; reenacts 2018 budget

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 03:37:03 +0000

Gov't scraps cash-based budgeting system; reenacts 2018 budget

The government will no longer push through with the cash-based budgeting system for the 2019 national budget, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Thursday.

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Diokno in-laws’ firm got P551-M projects

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:32:31 +0000

A company owned by the in-laws of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno cornered government contracts in Sorsogon province worth P551 million in 2018 alone, according to records of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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Gov’t pay hike delayed due to stalled budget

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:28:42 +0000

Government workers looking forward to a fatter paycheck on the first payday this new year will be disappointed as the scheduled salary increase has been delayed due to Congress’ failure to approve the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019.

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