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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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:11:35 +0000
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Sunday described some members of the House of Representatives as “masters of obfuscation.” Sotto made the remark amid a deadlock in the approval of the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 as allegations of post-ratification realignment surfaced from both chambers of Congress.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:38:46 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday proposed a possible solution to the standoff between the Senate and the House of Representatives
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:32:06 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte’s intervention on Tuesday night failed to break the monthlong deadlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:26:45 +0000
The Senate will not allow Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies in the House of Representatives to make any modification to the final version of the P3.8-trillion proposed budget for 2019 that Congress ratified on Feb. 8, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:02:51 +0000
Congressional leaders failed to reach a consensus on the 2019 national budget even after meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang on Tuesday night.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:33:23 +0000
President Duterte finally steps in the budget rumpus as he decided to serve as “moderator” in the House-Senate leaders meet on Tuesday night.
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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: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:01:02 +0000
If you are a Manila Water Co. Inc. customer who lives in the farthest and highest area of its distribution network, brace yourself for a very serious water shortage in the coming days.
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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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