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(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino questioned what he said was the Department of Budget and Management’s move to cut the Department of Education’s budget for the construction of classrooms. According to Aquino, from the original P116 billion, this was slashed to “just” P10.2 billion. He said the new amount can only allow for the construction of 4,000 classrooms, a far cry from the 47,000 classrooms the DepEd could have supposedly built for 2019 with the […]
(Eagle News) — Opposition lawmakers have complained of budget cuts in the newly passed national budget. In a statement, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said he and members of the “Magnificent 7” were given “zero budget” for infrastructure funds. The opposition group includes Reps. Teddy Baguilat, Gary Alejano, Edgar Erice, Raul Daza, Tom Villarin, and Emmanuel Billiones. According to Lagman, the amount was not requested by the congressmen. The projects were included in the General Appropriations Bill as […]
