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Congress urged to junk 2015 budget due to pro-DAP provisions
A citizens' coalition has asked the House of Representatives to thumb down the draft law setting the 2015 budget, because it would "legalize the unconstitutional."
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Senate decides to suspend probes to focus on national budget
When the Senate begins plenary deliberations on Wednesday on the national budget for 2015, all committee hearings are expected to grind to a halt.
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Lawmakers’ projects in 2015 budget not ‘pork’—Escudero
The inclusion of projects identified by lawmakers in the 2015 national budget does not constitute a return to the pork barrel system but is an exercise of the lawmakers’ power of the purse, according...
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Syjuco files new case vs pork barrel, asks SC to declare 2015 budget...
Reiterating his beef with “pork,” former Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco Jr. has asked the Supreme Court anew to declare the 2015 national budget unconstitutional, saying its lump sum allocations were...
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SC junks Syjuco petitions against 2015 budget
The Supreme Court dismissed outright for lack of merit two petitions filed by former Iloilo Representative Augusto Syjuco Jr. questioning the legality of the 2015 budget.
View ArticleSC asks gov’t to comment on third petition against 2015 budget
The Supreme Court ordered the government to answer a third petition questioning the legality of the 2015 budget for purportedly containing pork barrel funds.
View ArticleDSWD has P102B for MOOE, not lump-sum or discretionary funds—Soliman
Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman denied that the P102 billion in the department’s budget for 2015 represented discretionary or lump sum funds, as former senator Panfilo Lacson alleged. Soliman...
View ArticleDOH insists budget is ‘pork-free,’ lists major allocations
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday insisted that its 2015 budget was "pork-free."
View ArticleBayan urges Congress: Review P7.5B guarantees to LRT 1 operator
MANILA, Philippines—The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) urged Congress to review the contract on the management of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT1) following President Aquino’s confirmation that...
View ArticleDepEd has P397M to spend for schools’ rehab by yearend
Over P397 million worth of projects for the rehabilitation of school buildings and offices funded under the 2015 General Appropriations Act are due to lapse by the end of the year, according to...
View ArticleDBM withdraws corrections to P2.6-trillion budget bill
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has withdrawn its corrections to the proposed P2.6 trillion budget for 2015 that was approved on second reading by the House of Representatives last week....
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