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Duterte vetoes 4 items in 2018 budget

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 07:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed 4 items in the P3.7 trillion national budget for 2018 that he signed last week, according to his message to lawmakers. Read more »

PDEA, 'mas malaki' na ang 2018 budget, pero 'kulang' pa rin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 09:53 PM

Ayon kay PDEA chief Aaron Aquino, natupad man ang ilan sa kaniyang hiling para sa ahensiya, kukulangin pa rin ang pondo sa 2018 para sa pagtatayo ng mga karagdagang opisina at bagong agents.  Read more »

Lagman twits Alvarez over removal of opposition lawmakers' project funds

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 05:44 PM

Opposition Lawmaker, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman has hit back at House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez after the latter confirmed removing project allocations of non-allied lawmakers from the 2018 national budget. Read more »

'That's life': Alvarez defends move to scrap opposition solons' projects

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 02:35 AM

"That's life." That was how House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez responded to claims that he caused the deletion of projects proposed by some lawmakers from the 2018 budget. Read more »

Oposisyon sa Kamara, walang 2018 projects dahil sa 'gantihan'?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 12:08 AM

Mayroong 24 na mambabatas na di pinagbigyan sa proyekto para sa 2018. Kilalang kritiko ni Pangulong Duterte ang ilang kongresista. Giit ng Budget chief, dati nang kalakaran na mas napapaboran ang mga kakampi ng pangulo.  Read more »

'Tokhang' di pinondohan sa isinabatas na 2018 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 09:38 PM

Tinawag na budget para sa reporma at pagbabago ang P3.7 trilyong 2018 national budget na pirmado na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

House ratifies P3.7-trillion 2018 budget

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 10:24 PM

The House of Representatives has also ratified the bicameral conference committee report that reconciled the clashing provisions of the lower and upper chamber's proposed national budget for 2018.   Read more »

Senate ratifies P3.7-trillion 2018 budget

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 09:47 PM

(UPDATED) The Senate has ratified the P3.7-trillion national budget for 2018 as proposed by the bicameral conference committee. Read more »

Lacson: I can justify DPWH budget cut

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 05:10 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday said he can justify his proposal to cut the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) by P50.7 billion. Read more »

Suweldo ng 'men in uniform', target madagdagan pagdating ng bagong taon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 12:33 PM

Nais ng Kongreso sa taasan ang suweldo ng mga military and uniformed personnel (MUP), gaya ng mga pulis at sundalo, sa unang araw ng susunod na taon.   Read more »

CHR, umaasang lalagdaan ni Duterte ang kanilang buong budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 03:43 PM

Naniniwala si Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon na aaprubahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kabuuan nilang budget para sa taong 2018. Read more »

Impeach trial vs Bautista, 'baka makasagabal' sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 08:38 PM

Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang ilang senador sa maaaring pagkakaantala ng mga nakabinbing panukalang batas dahil kailangan nilang tumayo bilang hukom sa impeachment trial ni Comelec Chairman Andy Bautista.  Read more »

'Tokhang, labag sa batas'; drug war, inihabilin ni Duterte sa PDEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 10:13 PM

Dumulog na sa Korte Suprema ang ilang biktima ng kampanya kontra droga. Samantala, inatasan naman ni Pangulong Duterte ang PDEA na pangasiwaan ang mga operasyon kontra droga, sa halip na ang PNP. Read more »

Pondo para sa pabahay sa 2018, tinapyasan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 12:49 AM

Pinangangambahang lumala ang krisis sa pabahay dahil sa pagtapyas ng panukalang housing budget sa 2018. Read more »

Huddle for 2018 DPWH budget

Junny Roy, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 07:16 PM

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar and staff try to justify their proposed 2018 budget to Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, during a deliberation at the Philippine Senate on Monday.  Read more »

Senate panel submits OVP budget with P20-M increase

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 04:47 PM

MANILA - The Senate finance committee has increased the 2018 budget of the Office of the Vice President by P20 million for its Angat Buhay project.  Read more »

Drilon raises alarm over slump in foreign investments

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 03:56 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has expressed "serious concerns" over the decline in foreign investments in the first half of the year, saying it reflected a drop in investor confidence. Read more »

Opposition senators to block P900-M drug war budget

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 02:17 PM

Opposition senator Bam Aquino on Thursday said the minority bloc will move to scrap the approval of the P900 million budget allotted to the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.   Read more »

'Iwas patayan': Oposisyon sa Senado, nais tapyasan ang P900-M budget sa ‘Tokhang’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 09:10 PM

Ngayong pinagde-debatehan na sa Senado ang panukalang 2018 National Budget, nangako ang minority bloc na haharangin pa rin nila ang nakalaan sanang P900-milyong budget pang-suporta sa kontrobersiyal na “Oplan Tokhang” ng Philippine National Police (PNP).   Read more »

Palace endorses pay hike reso for cops, soldiers to Congress

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 08:48 PM

MANILA- Having set its sights on doubling the salaries of soldiers and cops by 2018, the Duterte administration has come up with a draft Congress Joint Resolution authorizing compensation adjustment for military and uniformed personnel (MUP).  Read more »