Tinio flags budget ‘padding’ as vehicle for congressional insertions

MANILA, Philippines – ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio said on Monday that he had observed a pattern of “padding” in some line items of the executive’s proposed budget, which were later cut and may have been used as vehicles for congressional insertions when lawmakers revised the spending plan. At a congressional briefi

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