Lawmaker to Malacanang: Ask House to transmit 2019 budget bill now

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:45:24 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang should urge the leaders of the House of Representatives to promptly transmit the ratified 2019 budget for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday.

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Andaya: ‘P100B payables restored kickback system for DPWH contracts’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:28:33 +0000

House appropriations chairman Rolando Andaya Jr. on Friday said the unpaid contracts for infrastructure projects in 2018.

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Andaya: ‘P100B payables restored kickback system for DPWH contracts’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:28:33 +0000

House appropriations chairman Rolando Andaya Jr. on Friday said the unpaid contracts for infrastructure projects in 2018.

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Senate ratifies P3.757-T national budget for 2019

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:58:22 +0000

Senate ratifies P3.757-T national budget for 2019

The Senate finally ratified the P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 allegedly tainted with “pork” insertions. 

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Deadlock ends as Senate-House panel approves P3.8-T nat’l budget for 2019

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 08:16:27 +0000

Deadlock ends as Senate-House panel approves P3.8-T nat’l budget for 2019

The budget impasse is now over after the Senate-House conference committee signed and approved Friday the final version of the P3.8-trillion 2019 national budget.

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2019 budget impasse over? Lawmakers meet in a bid to pass measure

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:00:01 +0000

2019 budget impasse over? Lawmakers meet in a bid to pass measure

Lawmakers are now expected to break the deadlock over the final version of the P3.8-trillion national budget proposal for 2019.

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‘Diokno tried to bribe House with P40B to shut up about insertions’ — Andaya

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 03:43:23 +0000

MANIBudget Sec. Benjamin Diokno tried to “buy” and “bribe” the House of Representatives in the amount of P40 billion to “shut up”

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Lawmakers keep P75-B pork in final spending bill

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:30:50 +0000

They are keeping P75 billion in pork in the final version of the P3.8-trillion national budget proposal for 2019 despite Lacson’s strident objections

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House Makabayan bloc wants Manila Bay declared ‘reclamation-free zone’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:37:34 +0000

House Makabayan bloc wants Manila Bay declared 'reclamation-free zone'

Members of the House Makabayan opposition bloc on Thursday filed a bill declaring the waters of Manila Bay Area as a “reclamation-free zone.”

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LOOK: House issues subpoena vs Diokno, DBM officials

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:42:01 +0000

LOOK: House issues subpoena vs Diokno, DBM officials

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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