Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:43:57 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The approval of the P3.757-trillion 2019 national budget is now in the hands of the Senate after the House of Representatives had finalized it, House appropriations panel chairperson Rolando Andaya Jr. said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 05:22:09 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The senators are free to tell the President which part of the proposed national budget to veto if they feel that it is “constitutionally-infirm and legally-flawed,” House appropriations committee chairman Rolando Andaya said. “If the senators really feel that the budget we have ratified is constitutionally-infirm and legally-flawed, then they can tell […]
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:12:10 +0000
If members of the House of Representatives “changed the composition” of the national budget after it has been approved by Congress
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 07:20:22 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday insisted that during his time as budget secretary, there was no bidding of government projects or awarding of contracts before a budget bill is enacted into law.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:09:34 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday said that many of his colleagues were unhappy with his allegation that the 2019 national budget is tainted with billions of pesos of ‘insertions’.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:28:00 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Anyone is free to question before the Supreme Court the 2019 national budget if they feel that it violated the high tribunal’s earlier ruling invalidating the pork barrel system, Malacañang said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 08:23:07 +0000
The P3.757-trillion national budget allegedly filled with “pork” could be an “election issue” or basis for assessing candidates in the May elections, according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:30:41 +0000
Senators opposing the P3.8-trillion national budget allegedly stuffed with pork on Friday
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 04:55:50 +0000
The P3.757 national budget for 2019 would be “pork-free,” Malacañang said on Friday, as Congress is set to pass the budget this afternoon.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:42:01 +0000
The House of Representatives issued a subpoena against Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno after failing to attend the hearings into the budget issue five times.
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