Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 14:43:32 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno still has the trust and support of President Rodrigo Duterte amid allegations of “insertions” in the 2019 national budget, Malacanang said Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:42:01 +0000
The House of Representatives issued a subpoena against Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno after failing to attend the hearings into the budget issue five times.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 03:15:29 +0000
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday said it would welcome a subpoena from the House of Representatives.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:29:47 +0000
The House committee on appropriations carried a motion to subpoena Budget Sec. Diokno after his snubbing of the inquiry into issues in the 2019 budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:42:58 +0000
Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said about P50 billion in public funds have remained “stagnant” because of revisions in the rules of procurement.
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Read moreCredit 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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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:44:54 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The House appropriations committee on Tuesday approved a motion to issue a show-cause order against Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno for continuously snubbing the chamber’s inquiry into issues hounding the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:19:49 +0000
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to comment on the petition filed by Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on the release the fourth tranche of benefits for state workers.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:43:04 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on Friday urged Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno to be “man enough” to explain his alleged involvement on “questionable allocations and practices.”
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:22:59 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno has issued two Department of Budget and Management (DBM) circulars asking Local Government Units (LGUs) and Government Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) to release the fourth tranche of the wage hike to their employees under the Salary Standardization Law (SSL).
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