DOF chief: Politicking ‘harms’ Filipinos; cites budget delay

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 04:25:19 +0000

DOF chief: Politicking ‘harms’ Filipinos; cites budget delay

The effects of the 3-month delay in the 2019 budget approval shows how politicking “harms” Filipinos, Secretary Carlos Dominguez II said.

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Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:52:09 +0000

Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

he President Rodrigo Duterte will have Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s support should the Chief Executive decides to veto the budget.

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Reenacted budget, global slowdown weigh on PH growth — World Bank

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:09:20 +0000

THE Word Bank on Monday lowered its 2019 Philippine economic growth forecast to 6.4 percent from the previous 6.5 percent, owing to several factors that include the delay in the…READ

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Gov’t to use reenacted budget if House insists on amendments, warns Lacson

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 07:03:17 +0000

Gov't to use reenacted budget if House insists on amendments, warns Lacson

The government will have no choice but to use the reenacted budget until August if the House of Representatives insists to push its amendments on the 2019 General Appropriations Act.

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Reenacted budget? Not a ‘big trouble’ for Comelec, says Pimentel

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:18:05 +0000

A reenacted budget will not be a “big trouble” for the Comelec, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III  said on Thursday.

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Comelec: Asking for budget to pay teachers to serve in May polls not easy

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:15:00 +0000

Getting a budget to pay teachers who will serve in the upcoming elections from the contingency fund of the government is not easy.

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Sotto: ‘Compromise’ on budget possible with new House leadership

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:28:50 +0000

A “compromise” in the 2019 budget is still possible under the new leadership at the House of Representatives in July.

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Gutoc: Reenacted budget would hurt Marawi rehab, 2019 election

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:22:14 +0000

Gutoc: Reenacted budget would hurt Marawi rehab, 2019 election

A re-enacted budget would badly affect the rehabilitation of Marawi City and the conduct of the 2019 midterm elections, opposition senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc said on Monday

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House leader calls Lacson hypocrite for pork insertion claims

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:22:10 +0000

House leader calls Lacson hypocrite for pork insertion claims

A House deputy minority leader on Friday tried to turn the tables on Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, calling him a “hypocrite” for allegedly throwing a monkey wrench into the bicameral discussions on the proposed P3.8-trillion budget for 2019 by accusing House leaders of allocating P160 million in pork to each lawmaker.

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Comelec says reenacted budget would have ‘serious impact’ on election preparations

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 07:42:53 +0000

A reenacted national budget for 2019 would have a “serious impact” on the May 2019 polls, a Comelec official said Friday.

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