(Eagle News) — The bicameral committee has approved the proposed P5.268-trillion budget for 2023. Senate finance panel chair Sonny Angara said included in the approved version was the P150-million confidential and intelligence fund allocated to the Department of Education. He said, however, that the other appropriations for other agencies that were removed by the Senate were no longer restored. Funding for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was also restored. […]
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Lacson: Proposed national budget for 2020 not pork-free
(Eagle News)–The proposed national budget for 2020 is still not pork-free. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson, who issued a statement only minutes after the bicameral conference committee approved the report on the proposed P4.1-trillion budget at the Manila Polo Club in Makati. Lacson, who did not attend the signing, said he based his statement on two files contained in a USB drive which his office received last night. He said the two files […]
Sotto on Andaya’s remark “itemizations” in Congress-ratified budget bill were authorized: Palusot lang iyan
(Eagle News)—–Senate President Tito Sotto described as mere “palusot” House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya’s statement the “itemizations” made by the House of Representatives in the proposed national budget ratified by Congress were “authorized” by the bicameral conference committee report. In a statement, Sotto said the report’s omnibus motion which Andaya said authorized the technical staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance to “effect corrections of typographical, grammatical and printing […]
Castro denies allegations House leadership removed P92.3 billion from proposed nat’l budget
(Eagle News)–House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro on Saturday, March 30, denied the House of Representatives’ leadership took away P92.3 billion from the proposed national budget. According to Castro, “there is no truth” to the allegations hurled by Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte that the P92.3 billion was also distributed to favored members. “I can say with authority that Rep. Villafuerte is peddling fake news. I pity my good friend L-Ray, but I understand where […]
Senate, House contingents meet over proposed nat’l budget
(Eagle News)–The Senate and the House of Representatives contingents in charge of threshing out the issues in the proposed national budget met on Monday, March 25, with House appropriations chair Rolando Andaya Jr. initially describing the atmosphere as “positive, very friendly.” The meeting between the House’s Andaya, San Juan City Rep. Ronaldo Zamora and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, and the Senate’s Loren Legarda, finance committee chair; Panfilo Lacson; and Gregorio Honasan II took place after a […]
Senate, House to meet over proposed national budget on Monday, March 25
(Eagle News)—The Senate and the House of Representatives will meet on Monday, March 25, to thresh out the contentious issues over the proposed national budget. It was unclear who exactly would meet whom but Speaker Gloria Arroyo earlier designated House appropriations chair Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman to speak with senators about the proposed national budget. The meeting will take place days after the House officially […]
