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Tag: 2020 budget

Sotto as VP frontrunner

"People are angry."   Without attending a single rally or officially declaring his interest for the vice presidency, Senate President Vicente Castelo “Tito” Sotto III has...

Hopeful as always

"We have learned to be more self-reliant than ever before without losing our compassion and community spirit."   To say that 2020 was a most challenging...

House extends 2020 budget to fund halted infra projects

Voting 221-6, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill extending the validity of the 2020 budget until...

New telco builds towers inside military camps

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday admitted that he has signed an agreement that allows the China-backed Dito Telecommunity Corporation to build cellular communication...

Dubai plans record spending to lift economy

Dubai unveiled a 2020 budget, projecting record spending of $18.1 billion, up 17 percent on this year, as it seeks to revive its flagging...

US bans PH execs, Palace unfazed

US President Donald Trump has approved Washington’s 2020 budget that includes a provision denying entry to those involved in jailing opposition Senator Leila de...

LGUs to get extra P5.6b next year

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Ungab insists no pork, parked funds in budget

The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee on Friday said the version of the P4.1-trillion 2020 budget approved by the bicameral conference committee and...

Defunding implants: Sotto vs. women

"Is this a case of not knowing all the facts about contraceptives?"     Senate President Vicente Sotto III, the foremost anti-women’s rights legislator, strikes again. This...

Public deserves safe MRT rides, Poe reminds DOTR

Senator Grace Poe said the public deserves a safe and comfortable MRT3 ride in their daily commute with huge budget poured in as subsidy...

Fire in the hole

"Is this incompetence or corruption?"     There’s a fire in the hole and it’s burning right through the statement of Fire Chief Leonard Bañago. In the recent...

Lacson sees way to hasten budget OK

Senator Panfilo Lacson said Monday he might recommend simply adopting the House version of the 2020 budget if the House leadership indeed realigned only...

Budget hearing done in record time

Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab said Sunday said the House committee on appropriations that he heads had completed in record time the hearings on...

Metro water supply now stable; Bay still needs work

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu told lawmakers during a hearing on his department’s 2020 budget the water supply in Metro Manila was now “stable.” The DENR’s...
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