Updated @ 11:01 p.m., Jan. 30, 2019MANILA, Philippines — Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., who chairs House appropriations panel, again pushed for the abandonment of the cash-based budgeting system proposed this year by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). ADVERTISEMENTAndaya, who leads the House contingent in the bicameral conference on the 2019 national budget, proposed that Congress scrap proposed cash-based budgeting system and extend the national budget’s capital outlays and maintenance and other operating expenses, except for personnel services up to two years, which had been the usual practice. “Maybe we can consider favorably the proposal of Congressman Andaya because this year is very peculiar. ADVERTISEMENTAndaya said Congress was sticking to its earlier target to ratify the General Appropriations Bill by Feb. 6. In the same meeting, Andaya also proposed to increase the cap for the amendments in the National Expenditure Plan from the initial P50 billion to P200 billion.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 30, 2019 12:44 UTC