Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:27:32 +0000
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Thursday backed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s call for the exemption of big-ticket infrastructure projects from the election ban to catch up on the government’s “Build, Build, Build” initiative timetable.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:09:33 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – House appropriations chairperson and Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said another P53 billion worth of inserted projects in the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was discovered. “Akala natin lahat malinis na… ‘yun pala sa pag recheck nung mga nai-print na proyekto, P53 billion pala dyan […]
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:09:26 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has asked the Senate-House conference on the 2019 national budget to provide P350 million for the acquisition of land titles of more than 8,000 urban poor families at the National Government Center (NGC) compound.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:04:18 +0000
House appropriations committee chair Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. has accused the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of committing yet another “illegal” act by allegedly having non-permanent members of its Procurement Service’s (PS) bids and awards committees (BACs).
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:48:56 +0000
The Senate has approved a “block payment” provision on the China-funded Safe Philippines Project.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:28:08 +0000
No budget was allocated for the construction of child-caring reform centers or the “Bahay Pag-asa” in the 2019 budget.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:43:22 +0000
From allies of the former leadership of the House of Representatives, “pork” allocations had been allegedly transferred to lawmakers allied with the incumbent House leadership.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:37:35 +0000
Senator Bam Aquino asked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to give salary hike as well for public school teachers and other government workers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:08:05 +0000
Civil servants may soon see a bump in their basic salary, but only those employed by government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) and local governments.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:49:16 +0000
For former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, the scheduled fourth tranche of salary hike supposed to be enjoyed by civilian government workers at the start of the year can be implemented even with a reenacted budget in place after Congress failed to pass the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget.
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