House to resume budget hearings after Palace vows to restore cuts in education, health

THE House of Representatives is expected resume deliberations on the proposed P3.757 trillion budget for 2019 after the Executive department agreed to fund the cuts in education and health, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya, Jr. of Camarines Sur said on Wednesday. Andaya said the agreement was reached among President Rodrigo Duterte, Speaker Gloria Arroyo and himself […]

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Nograles rules out reenacted 2019 budget, to push obligations-based funding

THERE will be no reenacted budget for 2019 even with the indefinite suspension of deliberations on the proposed P3.7 trillion cash-based allocation at the House of Representatives, Rep. Karlo Nograles of Davao City said on Sunday. “We don’t want a reenacted budget. Discussions on reenacted budget only happens when it is already December and the […]

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House vows to restore obligations-based budget for 2019

THE House of Representatives will move for an obligations-based P3.7-trillion budget in 2019 from the cash-based appropriation, which the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had recommended, “to reflect the realities of governance,” a House leader said on Friday. “We will revert to an obligations-based budget. This is not just what Congress wants. Members of […]

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