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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the validity of the 2019 national budget. In signing Republic Act No. 11464, the President formally extended the P3.7-trillion 2019 national budget to Dec. 31, 2020. This was following a delay in the passage of the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. Senate President Tito Sotto has said he has already signed the proposed budget. The House of Representatives has said it would submit an […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has approved the proposed 2020 national budget on third and final reading. Twenty-two senators voted in favor of the P4.1-trillion proposed budget, which President Rodrigo Duterte had certified as urgent. No one abstained. With the approval, the proposal will be tackled in the bicameral committee. The Senate contingent will be composed of Senator Sonny Angara, Senate finance panel chair; and Senators Panfilo Lacson, Cynthia Villar, Pia Cayetano, Bong Go, Imee Marcos, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson is seeking the help of the public in ensuring that the 2020 national budget remains “pork-free.” “Any technical support from the outside will certainly help in our scrutiny of the 2020 budget books,” Lacson said in response to a question about whether or not his staff knew financial forensics. According to Lacson, budget deliberations start this week in the 18th Congress. “It is time to play another protracted game of “hide-and-seek”: they […]
