Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:52:09 +0000

Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

he President Rodrigo Duterte will have Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s support should the Chief Executive decides to veto the budget.

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‘Diokno tried to bribe House with P40B to shut up about insertions’ — Andaya

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 03:43:23 +0000

MANIBudget Sec. Benjamin Diokno tried to “buy” and “bribe” the House of Representatives in the amount of P40 billion to “shut up”

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Lacson urges Duterte to veto pork ‘insertions’ in 2019 budget

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:37:50 +0000

Lacson urges Duterte to veto pork ‘insertions’ in 2019 budget

Senator Panfilo Lacson dared President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the alleged “pork” inserted by lawmakers on the 2019 budget.

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Reenacted budget means reenacted zero allocations – solon

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 05:30:21 +0000

Reenacted budget means reenacted zero allocations – solon

Districts that got zero allocations in the 2018 budget could meet the same fate if the government continues to operate on a reenacted budget.

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Lacson hits back at Bravo over national budget amendments

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:15:28 +0000

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday dared COOP NATCCO Rep. Anthony Bravo to make all his amendments in the national budget public.

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Lacson: One province gets P3.3-B budget ‘insertions’ from senators

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:13:16 +0000

Lacson: One province gets P3.3-B budget ‘insertions’ from senators

One or more senators had made P3.3-billion “insertions” for one province alone, Senator Panfilo Lacson disclosed on Friday.

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House ready to ‘own up’ amendments, insertions in 2019 budget– Andaya

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:07:45 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is ready to “own up” and specify their amendments in the proposed P3.8 trillion national budget for 2019, appropriations committee chair and Camarines Sur 1st District Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday.

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De Lima: Use part of P75B DPWH budget ‘insertion’ for jails

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:57:36 +0000

De Lima: Use part of P75B DPWH budget ‘insertion’ for jails

Senator Leila de Lima asked Congress to use part of the P75 billion ‘insertions’ in the DPWH budget to address overcrowded jails.

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Lacson: ‘Transfer’ part of deleted P75B to North Luzon projects

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:03:05 +0000

Lacson: ‘Transfer’ part of deleted P75B to North Luzon projects

Senator Panfilo Lacson wants part of the P75 billion that was deleted from the proposed 2019 public works budget to be realigned as he identified slope protection in Northern Luzon as a possible project for the fund. In a statement, Lacson said part of the deleted funds could be used to reinforce slopes and roads […]

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Andaya: Billions in projects bid out before budget was approved

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:30:28 +0000

Andaya: Billions in projects bid out before budget was approved

House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said billions in projects for Sorsogon were bid out as early as November 2017.

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