Tag: Congressional insertions

Palace hits “diversionary tactics” of some House members

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Dec. 18, hit what it said were the tactics employed by some members of the House of Representatives to divert the public’s attention from the allegations against them. Without naming names, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the attacks against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno started after Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed Pampanga–Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s province–and a district in Camarines Sur—House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.’s–had cornered “congressional insertions” in the […]

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Andaya: Districts of Alvarez, his allies to get biggest share of allocation for infra projects

(Eagle News) — The districts of the former leaders of the House of Representatives would actually get the bigger share of allocation for infrastructure projects under the House’s proposed national budget for 2019, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday, Dec. 11. In a letter to be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte, Andaya said topping the list with the “biggest (Department of Public Works and Highways) projects” were the district of former Speaker […]

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Lacson urges removal of “congressional insertions” in House version of proposed budget for 2019

(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson  urged the reduction or removal of what he said were uncalled for congressional insertions worth  P4.3 billion in the House version of the proposed P3.7-trillion budget for 2019. Lacson made the statement after House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., also  Camarines Sur’s first district representative, said the allocations — allegedly P2.4 billion worth of projects in House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s second district in Pampanga, and P1.9 billion in projects in Andaya’s province — […]

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