Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:44:23 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday threatened to pull out the Senate version of the draft P3.8-trillion spending bill from the deliberations of the bicameral committee
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 05:14:43 +0000
“Sick and tired” of a “pork” allegations, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III now wants a reenacted national budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:29:01 +0000
Some senators have introduced “individual amendments” or “insertions” to the proposed budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for 2019 that might be considered pork as spelled out in a Supreme Court decision, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:36:04 +0000
Senator Loren Legarda is eyeing the Senate ratification of the proposed P3.7 trillion national budget by February 6.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:24:43 +0000
The owners of a house that stands in the middle of a diversion road under construction in San Pascual town, Batangas province, have accepted an offer of payment from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in a positive sign for government infrastructure projects plagued by right of way issues.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 01:50:46 +0000
The DPWH has rejected Senator Grace Poe’s appeal to reconsider the closure and rehabilitation of the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:23:33 +0000
After a heated debate, senators on Monday agreed to delete P75 billion in additional funding that was allegedly “inserted” into the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:27:54 +0000
China’s P1.2-billion grant for the rehabilitation of Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge has “no strings attached.”
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 23:26:54 +0000
An environment group is urging Filipino families to stop using plastics to help stem the tide of plastic garbage polluting the oceans.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:21:33 +0000
The Senate will look for funds to restore the P16.8 billion slashed from the proposed budget of the Department of Health (DOH) that was supposed to be spent on equipment for 900 health centers and complete the construction of more than 300 others, or these facilities will go unused next year.
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