Ex-Speaker Alvarez allotted P5-B pork, says Andaya

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:29:42 +0000

Pantaleon Alvarez, Rodolfo Fariñas, Karlo Nograles

The district of former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, not that of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo or those of her allies in the House of Representatives, was allotted the biggest infrastructure funding in the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget for next year, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday.

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Andaya bares favored Palace contractor

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:25:34 +0000

How did a single contractor bag 30 government projects worth billions of pesos before Congress could even approve the national budget for 2019?

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Diokno defends House prerogative to insert funds for projects

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:24:34 +0000

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Monday defended the “prerogative” of members of Congress to realign funds for their pet projects in the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget amid allegations of last-minute insertions in the spending bill.

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Palace confident Diokno can explain alleged budget insertions

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:24:47 +0000

Palace confident Diokno can explain alleged budget insertions

Malacañang said Budget Secretary Ben Diokno can explain before the House of Representatives the alleged insertions in 2019 national budget.

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House to Diokno: Explain budget insertions

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 23:24:30 +0000

House to Diokno: Explain budget insertions

The House of Representatives has directed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to appear at its plenary session on Tuesday to shed light on P975 billion in unspent public funds during the first two years of the Duterte administration.

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Unprogrammed budget: Pork eyed to fund Marawi rehab

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 23:23:28 +0000

Part of unprogrammed funds in this year’s national budget may finance the rebuilding of Marawi, a Muslim-majority city that was destroyed in last year’s fighting between government forces and Islamic State supporters.

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Reps getting pork are all close to Speaker Arroyo, says Lacson

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 09:43:10 +0000

House of Representatives Plenary Hall

House representatives whose districts got pork insertions have one common denominator: They’re all close to Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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Lacson to spare no one in fight vs pork

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:24:06 +0000

Lacson to spare no one in fight vs pork

Sen. Panfilo Lacson said he would spare no one in his plan to remove or reduce what he believed were pork barrel insertions in the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019

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De Lima: ‘Perhaps Rep. Andaya forgot I am still a senator’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 10:08:34 +0000

Note by Leila de Lima

Sen. Leila de Lima on Saturday called attention to a statement of Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. that seems to have omitted her.

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