MANILA, Philippines — The P500-million Kennon Road rehabilitation project, which Sen. Panfilo Lacson earlier questioned, was just a typographical error, House Deputy Speaker for Finance Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. clarified Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT“Kasi meron syang pi-noint out na cut and paste na amount P15 million in Baguio. But sabi ko nga out of 3,500-document ‘yun lang ‘yung nahanap n’ya na typo, it shows that maganda ‘yung budget,” Villafuerte said in an interview with ABS-CBN’s “Headstart.”(He pointed out a cut-and-paste amount of P15 million in Baguio. READ: Not pork, but P20-B projects ‘parked’ in 2020 budget – LacsonBaguio Lone District Rep. Mark Go earlier disowned the Kennon road project. The House leader also expressed confidence that Congress could pass the proposed P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020 by December 15.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 13, 2019 06:59 UTC