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House sets 'marathon' plenary hearings on 2020 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 02:41 PM

Marathon hearings will be conducted to ensure the timely passage of the budget bill, House Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte told ABS-CBN in a text message. Read more »

House to 'move forward' with budget bill, eyes passage before Oct break: Salceda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 03:45 PM

Rival blocs in the House agreed to support Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano in getting the 2020 budget approved before lawmakers go on break on Oct. 5, House Committee of Ways and Means chairman and Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda told ANC.  Read more »

Budget bill withdrawal from plenary risks passage timeline: House leader

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 11:03 AM

House Appropriations Committee chairman and Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab formally relayed his “objection” Monday, after House Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte on Sunday confirmed that he withdrew House Bill 4228 or the 2020 GAB from plenary deliberations set last Aug. 28 because its filing was “premature.”    Read more »

Palace: No need to worry after P75 billion removed from proposed public works budget

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 03:47 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday said there was no need to worry even after the Senate deleted some P75 billion allegedly inserted into the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) proposed budget for 2019. Read more »