MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on rules will hold a hearing in January to probe the suspected “favored contractor” of Budget Chief Benjamin Diokno, as well as the “budget anomalies and questionable allocations” by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). ADVERTISEMENTREAD: No to reenacted budget: Diokno tells Congress ‘duty first before leisure’“The committee on rules will continue its investigation on CT Leoncio, the suspected favored contractor of Sec. READ: House to summon ‘favored’ contractor behind multi-billion projectsAndaya and Minority Leader Danilo Suarez have accused the DBM Secretary of orchestrating the “insertion” of some P75 billion infrastructure fund in the proposed 2019 national budget. Catalina Cabral has confirmed to Congress that payables have reached P44 billion for DPWH alone, according to the Majority Leader. Mag-iinsert ka ng P75 billion, di naman pala mababayaran mga utang (You insert P75 billion but you cannot pay your debts)?” Andaya asked.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 13, 2018 08:26 UTC