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Sotto, Velasco sign bill that includes funds for gov’t COVID response for next year (Eagle News) — Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have already signed the bill on the P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 which is to be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature by tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Both Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco have already signed the General Appropriations Act […]
(Eagle News)–House Deputy Speaker for Finance Luis Raymund Villafuerte has confirmed he moved for the withdrawal of the 2020 General Appropriations Bill, saying the bill was “prematurely filed.” In justifying the withdrawal from the plenary of House Bill 4228 which was filed on Aug. 28 by the House committee on appropriations, Villafuerte noted that the presentation of the budget proposals of all government offices before the House panel “have yet to be completed at the time […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the 2019 budget bill. Citing information from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senate President Tito Sotto said, however, that Duterte vetoed the P95.3 billion the Senate said were illegal insertions done by the House of Representatives after Congress ratified its version of the budget bill. House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya argued however that these were mere “itemizations” that would make it easier to scrutinize […]
(Eagle News)—The House of Representatives has officially withdrawn its version of the 2019 General Appropriations bill which it transmitted to the Senate for approval, Senate President Tito Sotto said. The withdrawal of the enrolled bill assailed by the Senate came after House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya said this was to be done in line with Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s directive “to allow a last-ditch effort to break the budget impasse.” Andaya, however, reiterated the House “did […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has approved the proposed P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018 on third and final reading. House Bill 6215 or the 2018 General Appropriations Bill garnered 233 “yes” votes and nine “no” votes. “We have considered at least two major factors in making our adjustments. One is urgency and another is capacity. We carved out budgets depending on the urgency of certain projects and programs that require […]
