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Social services sector, including health and education, has biggest allocation at P1.922 trillion (Eagle News) – Malacanang is set to submit to Congress on Monday, Aug. 23, the proposed P5.024 trillion budget for next year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the 2022 National Expenditure Program at P5.024 trillion is the highest budget in the country’s history. “Ang proposed budget para sa susunod na taon ay nasa 5.024 trillion – ang pinakamataas na budget […]
Ni Eden Santos Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Naisumite na nitong Martes Oct. 27, ng Kamara de Representantes (House of Representatives) sa Senado ang inaprubahang 2021 national budget ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, isang araw bago ang itinakda nitong self-imposed deadline. Nilagdaan bago mag-alas kuwatro ng hapon ng Martes ni House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco ang transmittal letter ng P4.506 trillion na pambansang budget ng gobyerno. Mas maaga ng isang araw […]
(Eagle News) — “A master stroke.” This was how Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III called the move by President Rodrigo Duterte to call for a special session in Congress on Oct. 13 to 16 to prevent any delays in the passage of the very important 2021 proposed national budget amounting to P4.506 trillion. The President issued Proclamation No. 1027 on Friday, Oct. 9, calling Congress to a special session to prevent any delays […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Jan. 6, signed the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee, said the Department of Public Works and Highways received a net increase of P51.139 billion under the General Appropriations Act. “The idea is to complete as many projects as possible by the time President Duterte ends his term in 2022,” Angara said. Earlier, the Palace said President Duterte would veto what […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the validity of the 2019 national budget. In signing Republic Act No. 11464, the President formally extended the P3.7-trillion 2019 national budget to Dec. 31, 2020. This was following a delay in the passage of the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. Senate President Tito Sotto has said he has already signed the proposed budget. The House of Representatives has said it would submit an […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate and the House of Representatives have ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The ratification came only hours after the committee approved the report in Manila Polo Club in Makati. The ratification pushed through despite Senator Panfilo Lacson’s statement the proposal was not pork-free. In a statement, Lacson said the House had made “last-minute insertions” using a “source file” or a list of […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate is targeting to submit the national budget for 2020 to President Rodrigo Duterte before the end of the year. This is according to Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, who announced the receipt of the P4.1-trillion General Appropriations Bill from the House of Representatives. According to Angara, so far, the Senate finance subcommittees are completing the hearings on the proposed budgets of the last few agencies. “During the break, […]
(Eagle News)–Congressmen have backed out of inserting “pork barrel” amounting to P1.5 billion for each deputy speaker and P700 million for each congressman after the Palace said President Rodrigo Duterte would scrutinize the budget bill. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, in an interview with reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 25. According to Lacson, he received the information from a “source.” Lacson said he was unsure, however, about the P100 million Rep. Joey Salceda earlier […]
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The vote was 257-6, without any abstention. President Rodrigo Duterte had certified as urgent the proposed national budget. Last year, the House and the Senate figured in a budget impasse, prompting the government to operate with a reenacted budget in the first few months of this year. The President signed the budget in April. For 2020, the […]
(Eagle News)–A Palace official on Wednesday, April 17, said he foresees no “retaliation” on the part of the House of Representatives for President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of P95.3 billion worth of items in the national budget. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles issued the statement days after Duterte scrapped the items which included what the Senate said were illegal alignments made by the House after Congress ratified its version of the budget bill. Duterte also subjected to […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte wants to send a message that he will not ever tolerate any “deviation from the Constitution” in vetoing some P95.3 billion in lawmakers’ insertions from the 2019 national budget. “They’re in violation of the Constitution, whether you call it pork, or beef or meat or fish. Those provisions are violative of the basic charter,” said Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. “The message is always you follow the Constitution. Any […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of P95.3 billion worth of items in the 2019 national budget has saved the country over P19 billion in pork commissions. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, who was among the senators who lauded Duterte’s decision, in particular, P19.06 billion of taxpayers’ money were spared. “If there is one act of PRRD that is worthy of admiration, this veto message is on top of my list. With his guts, glory comes […]
