Dual insertions resurface in DPWH’s 2010 budget By Charlie V. Manalo 09/23/2010

Dual insertions resurface in DPWH’s 2010 budget
By Charlie V. Manalo
09/23/2010

The notorious double insertions of road projects in the budget that got Sen. Manuel Villar in hot water and may have contributed to his defeat in the battle for the presidency last May appears to be a yearly racket as the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) budget under the Noynoy administration for 2010 was found containing some P1.875 billion worth of double appropriations for various road projects.

Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño wants the new cases of double insertions investigated in the House of Representatives.

“I wonder how it happened that under this year’s DPWH budget, at least 25 road projects were listed twice under different budget items. I hope this is not another ‘typographical error’ like in the C-5 controversy,” Casiño said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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