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Andaya: 2019 national budget will pass test of constitutionality, transparency

(Eagle News)—House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday, March 27, said the  national budget for 2019, “once” signed into law, will “pass not only the test of constitutionality and legality but also of transparency and accountability.” Andaya made the statement a day after Senate President Tito Sotto signed the budget bill enrolled by the House but “with reservations,” noting what senators have said were the “unconstitutional alignments” made by the House in the version […]

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Lacson: Insertions, realignments of some lawmakers to nat’l budget even after Congress ratification “revolting”

(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, March 1, slammed as “revolting” what he said were the insertions and realignments being done by some lawmakers to the P3.7-trillion national budget for 2019 even after the bill was ratified by both houses of Congress. He said this was as some lawmakers felt “anxiety” for the slashing of the pork barrel allocations of at least 60 colleagues after the bicameral ratification of the proposed national budget. “I have it on […]

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