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Salceda: Congress keen to pass budget

Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda said Congress is determined to pass the 2019 national budget.  He said a “reenacted budget is bad policy since it...

Final briefing

Bicameral Meeting Chairman House Panel and House  Majority Leader Rep. Rolando Andaya (center) give his final instructions to all members of House panel shortly...

Lacson details ‘insertions’, rules out horse trading

Citing the need for transparency, Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday made public the details of the institutional amendments he proposed in the proposed P3.757-trillion...

Delayed budget approval to hurt first-quarter GDP

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the delay in the approval of the 2019 national budget is costing the government around half a billion...

House bent on probing budget mess

Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. on Saturday said the congressional investigation on the alleged budget irregularities involving Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno would resume...

Overpriced, underperforming

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House scans budget for ‘inserts’

The House of Representatives will review the Senate version of the proposed 2019 national budget to determine if the senators made insertions to the...

Priority measures keep House busy

Racing against time, the House of Representatives has approved several bills listed as priority measures of the Duterte administration – top billed by Charter...

Budget impasse likely–Senators

Senators “cannot kill themselves” to tackle the proposed P3.757-billion budget for 2019 just to pass it before Congress adjourns, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday. READ: House...

Sotto: Reenacted budget likely as time ticks away

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said it might not be “physically possible” for President Rodrigo Duterte to sign the proposed 2019 national...

Palace: Budget insertions still subject to veto

President Rodrigo Duterte can veto items in the 2019 national budget, particularly the lawmakers’ alleged insertions, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Friday. Lawmakers could make...

Palace presses for ‘19 budget okay

Malacañang on Thursday said it remained optimistic that the proposed 2019 national budget of P3.757 trillion will be passed on time, despite delays in...

Pork barrel scam again

"Congressmen are still busy making insertions here and there."   Despite calls for change under the Duterte administration, it appears things remain the same. Take for instance...

Not budging on the budget

Lest we are accused of bias, this column will start by giving the government side on the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. First, Budget...
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