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SENATE TO OK 2023 BUDGET BY 3RD WEEK OF NOVEMBER

The Senate will approve the 2023 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) by the third week of November. Senate President Migz Zubiri said they will continue deliberations on the proposed P5.268-trillion budget when the 19th Congress resumes. Zubiri expects the bicameral approval finished by the second week of December. “With the hard work and commitment of all […]

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NO ‘PORK,’ PARKED FUNDS IN RATIFIED 2020 BUDGET BILL – UNGAB

The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said the version of the P4.1-trillion 2020 budget approved by the bicameral conference committee and ratified by both Houses of Congress contains no “pork” and no parked funds. Committee chairman Isidro Ungab said the 2020 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) is in compliance with the “express instructions” of President […]

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SENATE RATIFIES PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET – ANGARA

The proposed P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020 now only needs the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte to be enacted into law after the Senate ratified the bicameral conference committee report on House Bill 4228 or the General Appropriations Bill (GAB). The House of Representatives had earlier ratified the national expenditure plan. The Senate swiftly […]

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MINORITY TO WORK FOR ‘PORK-FREE,WASTE-FREE BUDGET’ — ABANTE

House Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Wednesday reiterated that members of the Minority will be using the plenary debates on the 2020 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) to hammer out a pork-free, waste-free budget that would benefit the country’s 104 million citizens. On the second day of the marathon House […]

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SENATE BREAKS BUDGET IMPASSE, SUBMITS BUDGET FOR DUTERTE’S SIGNATURE – LEGARDA

Senator Loren Legarda said Senate will now submit the 2019 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte after Senate President Tito Sotto III signed the bill “with strong reservations.” Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said the Senate President signed the 2019 GAB with an annotation saying that his […]