MANILA, Philippines — The deliberation of the P3.002-trillion proposed 2016 national budget will be “transparent and consultative,” and will tackle outstanding issues like lump sums and under-spending, Senator Loren Legarda has assured.
“We will scrutinize the national budget of 2016 in a manner that is transparent and consultative,” Legarda said during the briefing by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee on the 2016 National Expenditure Program.
Legarda, who chairs the Senate finance committee, also vowed to break down so-called lump sum items, if […]
“We will scrutinize the national budget of 2016, in a manner that is transparent and consultative,” said Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee, during the briefing by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC) on the 2016 National Expenditure Program (NEP).
Legarda said she endeavors to make the deliberations on the proposed P3.002 Trillion national budget for 2016 as transparent as possible and to break up all the so-called lump sums, if there are any, “so that there is […]
Internationally renowned Filipino artist David Medalla will perform at the Philippine Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
Medalla’s performance titled Pangarap sa Panglao (Dream in Panglao) will be done in collaboration with Adam Nankervis, and in conversation with the curator Patrick Flores. It will be held at the Philippine Pavilion in Palazzo Mora, Strada Nuova, Venice, Italy on August 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
Medalla will also have collateral events at the Serra dei Giardini on August 18 and at the […]
Opening Statement
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
Briefing by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC)
on the 2016 National Expenditure Program (NEP)
August 12, 2015 | Recto and Laurel Rooms, Senate
Good morning and welcome to the hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance.
As we open discussions on the 2016 national budget in the Senate today, I would like to stress on the importance of the task laid before us.
Your Committee on Finance […]
SENATOR Loren Legarda wants the Senate to review the environmental and occupational standards the government has enforced in the country’s mining sites amid the recent collapse of an open pit coalmine in Semirara, Antique.
“(It is) imperative that concerned government agencies determine whether sufficient safety precautions were being implemented at that time when the miners were working on the site’s water system despite days of rainfall,” said Legarda, chair of Senate committee on environment.
The accident last July in Semirara Island killed […]
