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Ask funds for body cams, PNP urged

If the Philippine National Police was able to be given funds to buy 48 bomb-sniffing dogs at a cost of P511,672 each, Senate President...

Drilon admits seeking pork

SENATE President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon admitted that he was among the senators who listed pet projects for funding under the 2017 national budget...

Palace, solon insist 2017 budget pork-free

MALACAÑANG on Thursday insisted that the P3.35-trillion national budget this year was compliant with a Supreme Court ruling that declared discretionary and lump sum...

Ping: Solons got P5-b pork

SOME lawmakers were given up to P5 billion in “pork” allocations in the General Appropriations Act of 2017,  Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday. “After all...

Passage of funds ‘an era of budget credibility’

UNLIKE in the past administrations, there won’t be any abuses to the budget after President Rodrigo Duterte vowed the enactment of the P3.35-trillion national...

Rody vetoes use of agencies’ income

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte barred several government agencies from using their incomes for next year after he vetoed certain provisions of the P3.35-trillion General Appropriations...

Govt readies P860.7-B infra budget

SEVERAL infrastructure projects to improve traffic decongestion, airport facilities, railway facilities, ports and school buildings gets P860.7-billion funding under the approved 2017 national budget.  The...

NCR gets biggest slice of P3.35-t natl budget

DESPITE President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to pour more money to the countryside, the National Capital Region still gets the biggest chunk of his P3.35-trillion...

Debt audit ‘historic first’ in PH budget system

“A HISTORIC first in the history of the Philippine budget system.” This is how Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros described the passage of the 2017 national...

Pro-poor budget signed

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday signed into law a P3.35-trillion national budget, the first spending plan under his administration, promising huge increases in infrastructure...

The year that was, what’s next

The year 2016 is coming to an end and we cannot help but look back at what we have accomplished this year. After the...

Junking of ‘No PhilHealth ID No Benefits’ proposed

THE Senate has included a provision in the 2017 national budget cancelling the need for patients seeking treatment in hospitals to present a PhilHealth...

P3.35-t budget up for signature

THE P3.35-trillion 2017 national budget is now up for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature on December 22, with increased allocation for infrastructure development, free education...

Another pork barrel budget

Senator Panfilo Lacson urged President Rodrigo Duterte to veto pork-like items in the 2017 national budget to prove that he wants to rid the...
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