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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 […]

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‘WIN-WIN’ SOLUTION STILL POSSIBLE IN BUDGET IMPASSE – NOGRALES

Despite pronouncements by government economic managers that they would continue to push for the adoption of cash-based budgeting, House Appropriations Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Wednesday remained hopeful that a “win-win” outcome was still possible in the ongoing impasse over the 2019 budget.  In an interview on ANC’s Headstart, the legislator from Davao reiterated […]