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SUPPORT NOGRALES, DEFEND ‘PEOPLE’S BUDGET’ – ELECTRIC COOPS

With budget deliberations in the House of Representatives (HOR) on hold because of clashing views on the cash-based budgeting system being pushed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), electric cooperative groups on Thursday called on legislators to close ranks behind House Appropriations Committee Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles. According to the electric cooperative […]

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HOUSE BUDGET HEARINGS TO RESUME WHEN DBM, DBCC PRESENT TRUE ‘PEOPLE’S BUDGET’ – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Sunday assured the public that the per agency budget deliberations in the House of Representatives would resume after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) address the concerns of congressmen regarding the “extremely restrictive” cash-based P3.757 trillion national budget […]

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SLASHED BUDGETS FOR EDUCATION, HEALTH CAUSE FOR CONCERN – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Davao City Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Tuesday expressed great concern over the slashed budgets of key agencies under the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 presented to the panel by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC). Nograles noted that the proposed 2019 budget––which is cash-based––is P10 billion lower […]