Sotto dispels budget myths: Funds from amendments, insertions won’t go through to Senate
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III clarified the misconception that funds for “amended or inserted” projects pass through the Senate.
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III clarified the misconception that funds for “amended or inserted” projects pass through the Senate.
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While not necessarily illegal nor evil, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said that budget insertions are often abused by lawmakers.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Monday defended the practice of budget insertions as part of the legislative mandate by Congress but…
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Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, 29 September, clarified that amendments or insertions, whether individual or institutional, done during…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson revealed on Sunday that almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for 2025, describing the…
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Senate President Pro Tempore and Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Panfilo “Ping” Lacson made it clear on Saturday that the panel’s ongoing…
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The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) may be the key to uncovering the truth behind the now-controversial affidavit of Orly Regala Guteza, the surprise witness…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday called for a full record check and background investigation (RCBI) into Orly Regala Guteza, the…
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What began as whispers of irregularity in flood-control projects has exploded into what Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson described as a…
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What was once thought to be another run-of-the-mill corruption case has now been laid bare as a full-scale “inside job robbery” against the Filipino people,…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Monday blamed Congress for the “original sin” behind the widespread corruption and failure of flood control…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Monday blamed Congress as the “original sin” behind the widespread corruption and failure of the…
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Without insertions, he said, there would be no funds for corrupt DPWH officials ‘to play with or gamble away in casinos.’
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Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Sunday, 21 September, assured the public that all documents retrieved from former Department of Public Works and Highways…
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Senate President Pro Tempore is pushing to ban lawmakers from making insertions for infrastructure projects in the budget bill in a bid to prevent a repeat of…
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‘This will make it cumbersome to deliver large volumes of cash in SOPs, commissions, and payoffs from one corrupt government contractor or influence peddler to…
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