2019 budget: Senate, House to re-prioritize P50 B

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:05:25 +0000

The bicameral conference committee (bicam) on the 2019 national budget on Monday agreed to re-prioritize some portions of the proposed budget which the Senate has branded as an “institutional amendment” and “not pork.”

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Andaya: DBM violates law for hiring contractual workers at procurement unit

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:04:18 +0000

Andaya: DBM violates law for hiring contractual workers at procurement unit

House appropriations committee chair Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. has accused the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of committing yet another “illegal” act by allegedly having non-permanent members of its Procurement Service’s (PS) bids and awards committees (BACs).

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SC orders DBM to comment on delayed perks for state workers

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:19:49 +0000

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to comment on the petition filed by Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on the release the fourth tranche of benefits for state workers.

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Capiz Rep. Fred Castro is new majority leader

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:42:15 +0000

Capiz Rep. Fred Castro is new majority leader

Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. formally yielded his majority leadership to Capiz 2nd District Rep. Fredenil Castro whom he described “our best choice” for the position.

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Andaya scolded by Justice Tang for comments on TV channel

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 23:26:15 +0000

Andaya scolded by Justice Tang for comments on TV channel

Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo M. Cabotaje-Tang on Friday reprimanded House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. for his “nice timing” comment on his arraignment in connection with the P900-million Malampaya Fund scam.

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Andaya to Diokno: Be man enough to explain anomalies

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:43:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on Friday urged Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno to be “man enough” to explain his alleged involvement on “questionable allocations and practices.”

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Andaya: DBM’s ‘small office’ is not mandated to bid out multi-billion contracts

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:25:44 +0000

Andaya: DBM's 'small office' is not mandated to bid out multi-billion contracts

Documents gathered by the House rules panel have shown that in 2018 alone, the Department of Budget Management Procurement Service (DBM-PS) conducted the bidding of more than P37-billion government contracts for consultants, Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said Thursday.

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Andaya accuses DBM of illegally bidding out P198-B gov’t contracts

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:46:48 +0000

Andaya accuses DBM of illegally bidding out P198-B gov't contracts

House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. has accused the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of illegally bidding out last year around P198-billion worth of government contracts, including big-ticket infrastructure projects that form part of the “Build, Build, Build Program.” 

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Andaya: House-Senate consensus justifies abolition of Road Board

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:24:59 +0000

Andaya: House-Senate consensus justifies abolition of Road Board

“Common sense, real reform, and transparency” won in the agreement to genuinely abolish the Road Board, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said Wednesday.

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Andaya ‘misinformed’; Bangsamoro plebiscite has enough funds — Palace

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 07:41:23 +0000

The allegation of House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. that the government had failed to allocate funds for the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) was “misplaced and without basis.”

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