Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:07:07 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will push through with the closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, which connects Makati and Mandaluyong City, after its closure was deferred in September 2018.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 05:42:00 +0000
Malacañang is confident Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno would be able to answer allegations of corruption against him.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:28:01 +0000
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur, Philippines — The House of Representatives rules committee began on Thursday its investigation into the “anomalies” hounding the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 01:50:38 +0000
The MMDA is eyeing to narrow the existing lanes in Edsa to be able to squeeze in an additional lane as a means of easing traffic congestion.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:30:28 +0000
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said billions in projects for Sorsogon were bid out as early as November 2017.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:44:06 +0000
The controversial infrastructure budget in the 2019 budget was P75 billion, not P51.8 billion, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:28:49 +0000
Even Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon was “bothered” by the expose that a single contractor had cornered 30 government projects.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:26:46 +0000
Former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and ex-Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas have pointed to the executive department for the infrastructure allocations their respective districts will receive under the proposed 2019 national budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:21:00 +0000
The House of Representatives more than doubled the allocation for assistance to local government units (Algu) to P16 billion in the proposed budget for 2019, which Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson questioned as it was done without consultation with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:20:56 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should justify the realignments in the proposed 2019 national budget that Senator Panfilo Lacson
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