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Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Daily Tribune

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propot*a be,bre both chambers
, of Congress, Sen. Panfilo nert year's P4.l-trillion proposed
Lacson on Tuesday urged the budget pian'
uThis is taxpayers' money we
public and ta:rpayers to expgse
dubious insertions and uselesb are talking about," Lacson said'
appropriations that would alter Turn ta Fage A'2

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our scrutiny ofthe 2020 budget . books , - i -

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I budget which was P6?1.563 million pensione.s, underpercent the pension and
in the ltlth Congress. It is time to play' - but the Department of Budget and gratury fund; 16 or P40.701
snother protracted game of hide-and- Managemenf, aHowed an increpse of tiuion to Maintonance and Other
seek. th€y hide, w€ seek,n Larson said. dnly P? million. Operating Expenses and 1l percent or
Tlrc House of Representatives is now Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman made the p28.831 billion t0 Capital Outlay.
discussing the proposed budget of the motion, for the approval of the budget The sha,re of the Atr'P in the proposed
different ageircieswhile tfie Senate isset for tlrc WP., ard House appropriatioru 2020 budget ofthe DND is PEB.21 billion,
to be brieftd by the Development Budget panel vice chairperson Rep. Raul Daza posting I 1.6 increaee from the cufient
Coordination Conaliee on Wednesday - who was presiding the session - gare vear's-budgeq while the allocation for
ard thursday. , . ' , nir uppourt- '"i"niL-G".i* i""f"oi",g tlre office.of
It can be re'called that budgei During the OVP's presentation, CMi ttb&nse, Ptrilippine vercrans AffaiB
irurirtione ima a[eged porli caused a lon! UndersecretaryPhilipF]a.rsiscoUy,chief:Ofice,itteransllemorictltfodical0onter
delay ih the passage oftfte 2019 budger ofstaffofthe OVP, said.the office slBll be ."- airU ptritippine yeterans
bill and it was Lacson who revealed 'an acti\€ panner oqLhe tdministration **- Afiairs Office 1l
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Refesentatives' leadership as allegedlv secdnd State of the Nalion Mdress of
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introducing realignments even after the He said the 0YP's programs will
budget had been ratilied. . contribute to address. the -following key
Pr€sident Rodrigo Duterte signed the. issues: livelihood and jbbs, addressingi
2019 apfopriations bill last 16 April, but hunger and food sscwjry Unil€na.l Health