(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 […]
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Senate receives P4.1-trillion National Expenditure Program for 2020
(Eagle News)–The Senate has received a copy of the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The National Expenditure Program was given to Senate President Tito Sotto by Acting Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado. Also present were Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senate Finance committee chair Edgardo Angara and Senator Panfilo Lacson. The government operated on a reenacted budget for the first few months of this year due to an impasse in Congress. […]





