MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. issued a statement yesterday that the proposed P2.606-trillion national budget for 2015 is 100-percent “pork free;” and the House...
MANILA — Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Priority Development Assistance Func (PDAF), senators will still be enjoying their pork in next year’s budget....
MANILA — The judicial branch is set to have the lowest percentage share in the annual appropriation next year. A proposed budget submitted to the Congress...
MANILA — The biggest share of the proposed 2015 National Expenditure Program, amounting to P967.9 billion, will go to the government’s social services, a Palace official...
MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III has sought the cooperation of Congress in passing the proposed P2.6 trillion National Budget for 2015 which the Executive...