Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 01:22:48 +0000
The country saved over P19 billion in tax money when President Duterte vetoed the P95 billion in the 2019 budget, Senator Lacson said.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:52:57 +0000
Former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada has called on pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles to reveal who were directly involved in her scheme.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:01:50 +0000
Instead of resorting to “name-calling,” Senate President Vicente Sotto III should name all the senators who are behind the budget cuts
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:01:10 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson owned up to most of the budget cuts in the 2019 national budget, still because of “pork.”
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:04:39 +0000
The conviction of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles has been affirmed by the Sandiganbayan First Division.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:26:51 +0000
President Duterte must use his veto powers to cleanse the 2019 budget of pork allocations.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:48:27 +0000
Senators on Wednesday ganged up on a “fabulist” congressman for allegedly lying over the 2019 budget issue.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:48:17 +0000
The waiting game starts for the Senate after the House failed to recall on Monday its new version of the 2019 General Appropriations Bill.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 07:09:48 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Loren Legarda was not keen on returning to the bicameral conference committee if only to “legitimize” the alleged “pork” realignments in the 2019 national budget. Senator Panfilo Lacson shared Legarda’s sentiment as the Senate and the House of Representatives failed to break the deadlock on the budget. “Hardline kami na basta […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 23:30:45 +0000
Leaders of the House of Representatives unlawfully altered the P3.8-trillion spending bill, Sen. Panfilo Lacson alleged on Friday.
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