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Pagpapalawig sa effectivity ng 2020 budget, Bayanihan 2, pirmado na ni Duterte

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 09:12 PM

Extended na hanggang ngayong taon ang effectivity ng 2020 national budget at ang Bayanihan to Recover as One Act o Bayanihan 2.  Read more »

Jan-Nov budget deficit exceeds P1T on weak revenue collection, spending uptick

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 12:21 PM

MANILA - The Philippine budget gap from January to November breached the P1-trillion mark as tax and non-tax revenue collections remained weak amid slight improvement in government spending, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said Wednesday.   Read more »

House approves bills extending validity of 2020 budget, Bayanihan 2

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 06:32 PM

In successive motions during plenary session, House lawmakers concurred with the Senate’s amendments to House Bill 6656 extending the validity of this year's budget until December 31, 2021. They likewise approved the Senate’s amendments to House Bill 8063 that would allow the utilization of Bayanihan 2 funds until June 30, 2021.   Read more »

Senate extends validity of 2020 budget, Bayanihan 2

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 09:54 PM

The Senate on Tuesday approved on final reading measures that would extend the validity of the 2020 national budget and the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) until next year.   Read more »

Duterte safeguarded 2020 budget with 'conditional' items, says official

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 02:49 PM

No items were vetoed in the 2020 budget because all items under the budget can be implemented directly or through conditional implementation, said Ryan Lita, director for legal service of the DBM. Read more »

Lawmakers question approval of some provisions of 2020 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 11:27 PM

A group of lawmakers questioned the approval of several provisions under the 2020 national budget. Read more »

Lacson says 2020 budget may still have 'questionable items'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 07:41 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson said there may still be questionable items in the 2020 national budget that President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law. Read more »

Duterte signs 2020 national budget into law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 08:59 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed into law the 2020 national budget, averting a repeat of last year's delay that slowed economic growth. Read more »

Cayetano insists no ‘pork’ in 2020 national budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 11:00 PM

MANILA—House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano clarified in a statement that there is no pork barrel in the 2020 budget as defined by the Supreme Court in a previous ruling. Read more »

Senate, House ratify 2020 national budget, up for Duterte signature

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 10:38 PM

A bicameral conference approved the budget proposal earlier on Wednesday. Sen. Panfilo Lacson skipped the signing of the bicameral report on Wednesday due to alleged "last minute insertions." Read more »

2020 budget hurdles bicam as Lacson questions alleged 'insertions'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 04:16 PM

The 2020 national budget worth P4.1 trillion moved closer to becoming a law after a bicameral conference of senators and congressmen approved it on Wednesday. Read more »

Lacson urges lawmakers to bare amendments in 2020 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 04:43 PM

Lawmakers who proposed amendments to the 2020 budget should bare the changes they made, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday, a day after he alleged that billions-worth of projects were "parked" in the national expenditure program. Read more »

P20 billion worth of projects 'parked' in 2020 budget: Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 04:59 PM

Some P20 billion worth of projects were "parked" or have no specific allocations, in the 2020 budget that the House of Representatives approved in September, a senator said. Read more »

House transmits P4.1 trillion 2020 budget bill to Senate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 12:57 PM

The 2020 General Appropriations Bill or House Bill 4228 was formally received by Office of the Senate President on Oct. 1, documents obtained by the media showed.  Read more »

Lacson won’t stop ‘pork’ scrutiny, amid halt in Senate-House budget beef

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 09:03 PM

Lacson said he will not stop scrutinizing the 2020 national budget for pork barrel allegedly inserted into the spending plan, despite a "ceasefire" on the Senate-House "word war." Read more »

Defensor denies P700-M pork for each House member in proposed budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 01:22 PM

MANILA - A lawmaker on Friday refuted the claims of Senator Panfilo Lacson that each congressman will receive as much as P700 million under the proposed 2020 national budget. Read more »

Lacson: Document shows congressman asked help for P258-M building funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 11:26 PM

Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson showed Thursday evidence that Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro, who has been disputing him over the proposed 2020 national budget, asked the senator for financial help to construct a municipal building in a Capiz town. Read more »

Lacson: 2020 budget tadtad ng pork barrel ng mga kongresista

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 12:35 AM

Itinatanggi ito ng mga taga-Kamara at hininging mag-sorry ang senador. Read more »

Solons blast Lacson, demand apology over claims of pork in proposed 2020 nat'l budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 07:08 PM

MANILA - Some members of the House of Representatives have demanded an apology from Sen. Panfilo Lacson after the latter claimed the 2020 national budget proposed by the chamber had insertions of discretionary funds or pork barrel. Read more »

Palace: Duterte may veto 2020 budget as pork claims persist

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 03:00 PM

President Rodrigo won’t hesitate to reject the 2020 national budget if he finds it unconstitutional, his spokesman Salvador Panelo assured the public Tuesday as claims of insertions in the spending plan persist. Read more »