SC asked: Compel DBM to release 4th tranche of gov’t workers’ wage hike

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 05:33:23 +0000

House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on Monday asked the Supreme Court to compel the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to release the fourth tranche of salary increase for government workers.

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Diokno: Andaya is free to file case of mandamus before SC

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 03:05:18 +0000

Diokno: Andaya is free to file case of mandamus before SC

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno remained unfazed on Tuesday by a possible case he may face,  saying House Majority Leader Rolandao Andaya Jr. is free to file a  a case for mandamus before the Supreme Court regarding the scheduled salary increase of government employees.

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Andaya to sue Diokno if DBM fails to hike gov’t workers’ salary by Jan. 15

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:53:27 +0000

Andaya to sue Diokno if DBM fails to hike gov't workers' salary by Jan. 15

MANILA, Philippines — House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said Tuesday he would file a case for mandamus in the Supreme Court if the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) fails to implement the scheduled salary hike of government employees by Jan. 15. The Salary Standardization Law (SSL) mandates the fourth tranche of salary adjustment […]

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Diokno ‘trying to mislead’ public over lower inflation in December—Bayan Muna

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 06:20:55 +0000

Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno is allegedly “trying to mislead the people with the supposed lowering of inflation in December and the average inflation for 2018.”

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Diokno, Aremar incorporators invited to House hearing on budget ‘anomalies’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 05:38:10 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and the incorporators of Aremar Construction Corporation will be invited as “resource persons” to appear in the House public hearing on the alleged “anomalies” in the 2019 budget, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Saturday.

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Diokno: Andaya ‘conflict of interest’ charge illusory, numbers wrong

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:22:35 +0000

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Friday said charges of conflict of interest made against him by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. in connection with billions of pesos worth of infrastructure projects in the Bicol region were groundless and deceptive.

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Andaya: Contractors are being used as fronts for Aremar

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 05:07:39 +0000

Andaya: Contractors are being used as fronts for Aremar

Some contractors are only being used as fronts to win infrastructure projects before funds are funneled into the company owned by the in-laws of Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. alleged on Thursday. 

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Diokno refutes Andaya: 2019 budget will be cash-based

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 04:00:26 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Monday refuted the claim of House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. that government will no longer push through with the cash-based budgeting system for the 2019 national budget.

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House panel begins probe on 2019 budget ‘anomalies’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:28:01 +0000

House panel begins probe on 2019 budget ‘anomalies’

NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur, Philippines — The House of Representatives rules committee began on Thursday its investigation into the “anomalies” hounding the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019.

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Diokno in-laws’ firm got P551-M projects

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:32:31 +0000

A company owned by the in-laws of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno cornered government contracts in Sorsogon province worth P551 million in 2018 alone, according to records of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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