Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:15:09 +0000
Senator Panfilo Lacson has called for the removal of the P75 billion “insertions” from the DPWH’s 2019 budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:24:52 +0000
From above, a curious sight would greet anyone monitoring the progress of a multimillion-peso road project connecting Batangas City to San Pascual and Bauan towns in Batangas province.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:24:42 +0000
While his colleagues are bent on passing the proposed P3.8-trillion budget for 2019 on time, Sen. Panfilo Lacson would rather see it delayed than be passed filled with pork.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:22:10 +0000
The Sandiganbayan First Division on Friday insisted that convicted pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles should be transferred to the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) to start spending her sentence.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:58:45 +0000
2018 has been a “prolific year” for the Senate in terms of legislation, as what Senate President Vicente Sotto would have the year described.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 10:58:45 +0000
2018 has been a “prolific year” for the Senate in terms of legislation, as what Senate President Vicente Sotto would have the year described.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:20:04 +0000
The mastermind of one of the country’s biggest cases of corruption and an accomplice sought to turn the spotlight on the acquittal of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. to reverse their conviction by the antigraft court Sandiganbayan.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:36:57 +0000
The acquittal of former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. from plunder charges sends the wrong signal to the public.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:33:33 +0000
Lawmakers’ accusations that the Budget secretary was behind “insertions” in the 2019 budget are mere diversions from the “pork” issue.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:43:53 +0000
Sen. Leila de Lima on Monday expressed bewilderment over the series of allegations involving different characters at the House of Representatives.
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