Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:37:11 +0000
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has branded as “anomalous” the huge “insertions” being uncovered in the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:21:33 +0000
The Senate will look for funds to restore the P16.8 billion slashed from the proposed budget of the Department of Health (DOH) that was supposed to be spent on equipment for 900 health centers and complete the construction of more than 300 others, or these facilities will go unused next year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:33:53 +0000
Congress’ joint session for martial law extension has added to the delay in passing next year’s P3.757 trillion national budget which a Senate leader said could no longer be done this year.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:24:05 +0000
Senator Franklin Drilon slammed Tuesday the Public Attorneys Office over its slow filing of petitions for the release of 862 inmates
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Even Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon was “bothered” by the expose that a single contractor had cornered 30 government projects.
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It might be too early for Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to celebrate a Makati City court’s ruling rejecting a bid to have him arrested, as Malacañang vowed to take the battle to revive his 15-year-old coup d’état case for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny all the way to the Supreme Court. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said […]
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Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon is relieved by the decision of the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 148 not to issue an arrest warrant on Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV for his coup d’etat case, saying that the resolution of the case would “help restore the perception of stability in our courts.”
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If President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that his only sin was extrajudicial killings was, according to his spokespersons, just a joke, then it’s not funny.
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The realignment of nearly P52 billion in the House of Representatives’ version of the P3.757-trillion proposed budget for 2019 won’t save the newly funded projects from Senate scrutiny, senators said on Wednesday, vowing to delve into the justification for what they called “capricious” new allocations.
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The recent spate of bombings in Mindanao, which took place while the island remains under martial law, should prompt the government to review how it has been spending its intelligence funds, according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
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