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House panel on rules kicks off probe into alleged anomalies in proposed nat’l budget for 2019

(Eagle News)–The House committee on rules on Thursday, Jan. 3, kicked off its investigation into what House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said were “anomalies” in the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019. The first hearing kicked off in Naga City, Camarines Sur. Andaya had alleged a “favored” contractor, C.T. Leoncio Construction, linked to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno through his in-laws,  had cornered at least 30 government projects in the billions of pesos. He also […]