New Senate building costs could still be ‘conservative’, says senatorMANILA, Philippines — Sen. Alan Cayetano on Thursday said that earlier estimates of the cost of the Senate building could still be conservative, hinting that he has discovered that there are people who are “blatantly lying” about the structure. Binay and Cayetano had butted heads over the costs of the new Senate building, since the former had chaired the Senate Committee on accounts prior to Cayetano. While Cayetano said that conciliation was a good idea, he would rather focus on the new Senate building. According to Cayetano, technical decisions on the new Senate building will be done by August to avoid further delays. The construction of the new Senate building has been delayed for over two years.
