Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 05:00:15 +0000
The House of Representatives has allegedly slashed the “pork barrel” allocations of at least 60 congressmen even after the ratification
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:24:00 +0000
Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has decided to ask the Sandiganbayan’s permission to file a demurrer to evidence and move for the dismissal of his plunder case.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:29:07 +0000
Opposition Sen. Leila de Lima on Friday castigated the plunder-tainted senatorial hopefuls Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla for apparently attempting to revive their public image by playing the victim card.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:24:01 +0000
“Favored contractors” who prematurely won government contracts by advancing billions of pesos in commissions to public officials now want their money back, Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:41:53 +0000
Diokno said it was “improper” for a lawmaker “to threaten the President with a suit in the exercise of his power” on the budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:26:11 +0000
Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Sunday accused two Cabinet officials of orchestrating the restoration of P75 billion in pork allegedly inserted by budget officials into the proposed 2019 appropriations law but was realigned by lawmakers to their own projects.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:24:18 +0000
No more budget “insertions” written on table napkins.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:30:04 +0000
Congress ratified the spending bill on Friday, and the next step is for the President to sign it into law.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:30:41 +0000
Senators opposing the P3.8-trillion national budget allegedly stuffed with pork on Friday
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:58:22 +0000
The Senate finally ratified the P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 allegedly tainted with “pork” insertions.
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