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Cayetano insists beef with DBM chief over infra budget not about pork barrel
'Kung ang iniisip ng iba na may pinoprotektahan dito 'yung tinuturing mong pork barrel eh 'di sana nilagay na namin sa batas na bawal kunin 'yong infra,' says Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act

'Brewing disagreement' between House, DBM as funding for select infra halted
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano says if this is the case, then Congress should not have passed the Bayanihan law

CA confirms Wendel Avisado as budget secretary
Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado assured the Commission on Appointments that he will be the 'first to go' if there is corruption at the Department of Budget and Management under his watch

DBM to submit proposal for new gov't salary hike to Congress
The budget department earmarks P31.099 billion in the proposed 2020 budget for the compensation adjustment for civilian government workers

Cayetano will not tolerate 'parked' funds in 2020 budget
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano notes that 'parking' of funds is 'a form of corruption'

2020 budget priorities: Infrastructure, social services, peace and security
Under the proposed 2020 national budget, the Department of Education once again gets the lion's share with P673 billion

Duterte picks ex-Davao City administrator as budget secretary
Wendel Avisado was President Rodrigo Duterte's city administrator from 2004 to 2010 in Davao City and his presidential assistant for Yolanda rehabilitation

How the Duterte administration is fast-tracking Yolanda recovery
President Duterte has criticized the past government for the slow rehab of Eastern Visayas What happens when he tells agencies he is getting impatient?

Duterte taps Wendel Avisado for Yolanda rehabilitation
Avisado was former Davao City administrator from 2004 to 2010 when Rodrigo Duterte was also mayor

Duterte on 2016, Boy Scouts, Guiuan disaster fund | 12PM wRap
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Kim Henares: Binay ally evaded taxes
BIR chief Kim Henares says Alphaland president Mario Oreta should have paid income tax for the 5 he supposedly got from the BSP Alphaland deal

Shadows over Binay’s leadership of Boy Scouts
In June the BSP will elect a new set of officers amid crisis

MILF returns weapons, Binay allies, Tubbataha damage | The wRap
MILF returns 16 firearms seized from the SAF Senators say the Vice President’s allies may be liable for money laundering The United States pays the Philippines for Tubbataha reef damages

Boy Scouts ‘so shortchanged’ in Alphaland deal – senators
The BSP headed by Vice President Binay only asked Alphaland to pay rent on its property a day after the Senate announced in January that it would probe the deal
