Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:23:33 +0000
After a heated debate, senators on Monday agreed to delete P75 billion in additional funding that was allegedly “inserted” into the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:27:54 +0000
China’s P1.2-billion grant for the rehabilitation of Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge has “no strings attached.”
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:01:55 +0000
Senators quizzed the DPWH on Monday over the P75 billion that was added to the agency’s proposed 2019 budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:15:09 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson has called for the removal of the P75 billion “insertions” from the DPWH’s 2019 budget.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:44:20 +0000
Official reports have yet to emerge regarding the total number of government workers affected by the delay in the passage of the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:27:04 +0000
The controversial closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, which connects the cities of Makati and Mandaluyong, will push through on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 04:18:37 +0000
TACLOBAN CITY—More than 3,700 job order workers of the Department of Public Works and Highways regional and 13 district offices have been out of work because of the non-passage of the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 01:57:37 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—The demolition and reconstruction of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, which connects the cities of Makati and Mandaluyong, has again been moved to a later date with its closure set on Jan. 19.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:21:31 +0000
Why are members of the House of Representatives raising questions about the proposed P3.8-trillion budget for 2019 and leveling charges against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno only now, after they have passed the spending bill? Senate President Vicente Sotto III asked on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 11:25:29 +0000
The House Committee on Rules will summon more DPWH officials in its probe of an alleged flood-control scam.
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