
Market posts worst year since 2013 amid corruption issues
Despite a difficult year, the market showed signs of resilience toward yearend, buoyed by renewed bargain hunting. The Philippine Stock Exchange reported a…
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Despite a difficult year, the market showed signs of resilience toward yearend, buoyed by renewed bargain hunting. The Philippine Stock Exchange reported a…
Economists have widely cited the pullback in public infrastructure spending — largely linked to the flood control controversy involving the Department of…

Infrastructure spending fell sharply in October 2025 amid the flood control scandal, with the DBM reporting a 40% year-on-year drop as project validations,…

Rep. Zaldy Co, who headed the House of Representatives’ Bicam panel in 2024 for the 2025 budget, alleged that Marcos and his cousin, former Speaker Martin…

‘All of the easing moves by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which started late last year up to now, could only do so much.’
Lawmakers slammed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s seriousness in fighting corruption after another resignation rocked the Independent Commission for…

A bishop’s December rebuke of corruption in Congress resurfaces amid growing public anger over stalled accountability in the multibillion-peso flood control…


Sen. Panfilo Lacson says a briefly reenacted 2025 budget is preferable to rushing the 2026 spending plan, warning of corruption risks amid unresolved probes on…

Consumers tightening belt despite Yuletide season

The hope of Christmas is not that God will magically erase human sinfulness from on high, but that He equips and empowers humanity to confront it from within.

The Makabayan Coalition criticizes the proposed 2026 national budget, warning that billions in pork barrel funds, unprogrammed appropriations, and…

P220 billion in unprogrammed appropriations were allocated to the DPWH, with more than half reportedly directed toward flood control projects.

And Mayor Vico Sotto is not backing down. He recently posted a lengthy video on Facebook warning the public not to be swayed by the Discayas.
‘Statements of concern are not enough. Now is the time to act. Business, professional, and civil society groups should demand urgent reforms to be implemented…

Anti-corruption group Artikulo Onse criticized the slow pace of cases linked to anomalous flood control projects, urging the public to keep pressure on the…

A tribute to the 78th anniversary of the 1947 UN Partition Plan vote, highlighting the Philippines’ historic support for Israel, President Quezon’s rescue of…


President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the Philippines’ economic slowdown is caused not only by corruption controversies but also by typhoons, climate impacts,…