Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:39:33 +0000
It is Congress, not the executive department, that is holding hostage the scheduled increase in the salary of state workers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 06:27:57 +0000
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) denied on Thursday any P332-billion flood control projects scam as alleged by some lawmakers.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 05:09:07 +0000
Congress may have to “re-examine closely” the proposed P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 07:04:34 +0000
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno denied Friday corruption allegations thrown against him by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 05:17:32 +0000
Transaction receipts have shown the firm owned by Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno’s in-laws had received up to P50 million.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 10:12:40 +0000
The testimony of a district engineer in Sorsogon province has seemed to have debunked allegations of “inserted” funds in the 2019 budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:12:28 +0000
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. has accepted Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri’s call to re-convene the bicameral committee to further strengthen the abolition of the controversial Road Board.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:30:28 +0000
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said billions in projects for Sorsogon were bid out as early as November 2017.
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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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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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