Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:50:41 +0000
Sen. Panfilo Lacson labeled as “hypocrisy” the claim of some “talking heads” in the House of Representatives that its alleged post-ratification budget just itemized lump sums for transparency.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 23:24:40 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to scrutinize the P3.8-trillion proposed budget for 2019 once it arrives on his desk, giving assurance that he will veto it if it is “illegal.”
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 23:24:09 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unlawfully funneled nearly P95 billion in infrastructure funds to the districts of her allies in the House after Congress had ratified the final version of the P3.8-trillion budget for 2019, Sen. Panfilo Lacson claimed on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:50:23 +0000
The Senate realigned P75 billion in the 2019 national budget after it had already been ratified by Congress, according to Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., chairman of the House appropriations committee. In a statement issued on Sunday, Andaya bared the alleged “post-bicam realignment” following fresh claims by the Senate against the House of Representatives.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:16:07 +0000
Senators have asked Malacañang officials to help ensure that congressmen does not make unauthorized changes in the government’s spending bill for 2019, according to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:25:43 +0000
The House of Representatives seemed to have realigned some P79 billion under the ratified 2019 national budget, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:40:13 +0000
Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., the House appropriations committee chairman, seems to have backed off, at least temporarily, on his bid to investigate outgoing budget chief Benjamin Diokno over alleged insertions in the 2019 national budget.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:22:53 +0000
The P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 is now “doomed” after Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unlawfully realigned hundreds of millions of pesos for health facilities to her “favored” congressmen, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday.
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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: 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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