Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:15:06 +0000
The call of the House for Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s resignation is “too harsh” and “unfair,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:02:34 +0000
The DILG has agreed to realign the additional P9 billion aid to local government units (LGUs) tagged as “presidential pork.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:53:38 +0000
After being “rushed” to pass the 2019 national budget, the House will now “take its time” to scrutinize alleged “pork” in the budget.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:42:34 +0000
Lacson earlier alleged that at least two members of the House have been allotted P2.2 billion and P1.9 billion budget for their pet projects.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:42:34 +0000
Lacson earlier alleged that at least two members of the House have been allotted P2.2 billion and P1.9 billion budget for their pet projects.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:38:08 +0000
Senator Leila De Lima on Friday said the alleged P2.4-billion “pork barrel” allotted to House Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s district shows that the former president has not changed after all.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:07:23 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —Senator Panfilo Lacson has asked the House of Representatives to delete or reduce the huge allocations for the districts of House Speaker Gloria Arroyo and House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya, Jr. if the chamber’s leadership believe this was a case of a “misplaced gesture of generosity.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:21:00 +0000
The House of Representatives more than doubled the allocation for assistance to local government units (Algu) to P16 billion in the proposed budget for 2019, which Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson questioned as it was done without consultation with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:20:56 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should justify the realignments in the proposed 2019 national budget that Senator Panfilo Lacson
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