Sen. Loren Legarda, who shepherded the P3.35 trillion national budget for 2017, says she has no problem with Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s to question the alleged “pork barrel” insertions in the the Supreme Court.
Senator Panfilo Lacson “snubbed” the ceremonial signing into law in Malacanang of the P3.35 trillion General Appropriations Act of 2017, which he had claimed is still pork-laden by as much as P3.6 billion.
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is now being ribbed as the real “little President” because he’s had to substitute for Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as the government’s “caretaker” twice so far, Philippine Star editor Marichu Villanueva said.
When temperature drops outside, staying warm is vital. Senator Grace Poe, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno were bundled up tightly
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Do some members of the House of Representatives have something to hide in the P3.35-trillion budget for 2017?
In previous administrations, the Executive Secretary usually stayed behind in the country whenever the President was overseas to take care of administrative matters needing Malacañang’s attention.
Voting 243-5 with one abstentions, the House of Representatives on Wednesday (Oct. 19) approved the proposed P3.35-trillion national budget for 2017 on third and final reading.
It’s just 100 days into his presidency but this early, President Rodrigo Duterte’s broad-based Cabinet is already showing some cracks reminiscent of the Balay-Samar divide which hounded Aquino administration.
