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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Palace: Vetoed ‘insertions’ in 2019 budget ‘unconstitutional’

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:57:52 +0000

MALACAÑANG on Tuesday justified President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of the P95.3-billion worth of programs and projects in the 2019 national budget, saying the provisions were “unconstitutional.” Speaking to reporters, Palace…READ

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Lacson: Duterte veto saved P19B in ‘pork commissions’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 01:22:48 +0000

Lacson: Duterte veto saved P19B in ‘pork commissions’

The country saved over P19 billion in tax money when President Duterte vetoed the P95 billion in the 2019 budget, Senator Lacson said.

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Duterte in a bind over budget veto – Zarate

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:18:55 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte appears to be in a bind whether or not to veto supposed insertions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Bayan Muna party-list Rep, Carlos Zarate said on Friday.

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Duterte threatens to veto entire 2019 budget

Credit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:44:14 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday threatened to veto the entire proposed national budget for this year if the allocations were unlawful. In his speech during a campaign rally in Bacolod…READ

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Senate slams Andaya over budget adjustment claims

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:04:22 +0000

Senate slams Andaya over budget adjustment claims

The Senate denied the allegations made by Rolando Andaya Jr. that the upper chamber also made adjustments in the post-ratified version of the 2019 budget.

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Sotto slams House anew over budget adjustments: ‘Palusot lang ‘yan’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:21:29 +0000

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday slammed the lower chamber anew following Rolando Andaya Jr.’s claims that the budget realignments were authorized.

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