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It’s interesting to note that if only the NEP is never subjected to amendments, it would be the perfect mirror image of the GAB up to the point that it’s…
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It’s interesting to note that if only the NEP is never subjected to amendments, it would be the perfect mirror image of the GAB up to the point that it’s…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Monday defended the practice of budget insertions as part of the legislative mandate by Congress but…
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Malacañang on Monday said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was not initially aware of the alleged individual budget insertions by senators amounting…
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Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, 29 September, clarified that amendments or insertions, whether individual or institutional, done during…
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go expressed his full support for the Department of Tourism (DoT) budget, stressing the sector’s vital role in economic recovery,…
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Faulty computations in budget allotment have shorted the Philippines’ 113 state universities and colleges (SUCs) of a total of P12.3 billion from the 2022 to…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson revealed on Sunday that almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for…
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Wary budget watchdogs believe that a new small committee has been created in the House of Representatives in the guise of a body called the Budget Amendments…
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Department of Health-Central Luzon (DOH-CL) has mobilized medical teams to support more than 400 families sheltering in…
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Pangilinan underscored the urgency of addressing what he described as ‘alarming gaps’ in higher education access.
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During a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) budget hearing on 24 September, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go urged the government to allocate…
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The proposed 2026 budget for the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) flood control programs has dropped by a third, from P3.8 billion this year…
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Both chambers of Congress have expressed support for allocating an additional P12.3 billion to the country’s 113 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the…
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Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Legarda Leviste is at the forefront of efforts in the House of Representatives to secure additional funding for…
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Yet four decades on, the promise of reform remains unfulfilled as corruption persists and in some ways may have even deepened.
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Approximately seven million families risk losing assistance due to the budget cut for the program and zero funding for the once-controversial ‘Ayuda sa Kapos…
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PBBM, if I recall right, had proudly claimed that he had read cover-to-cover the more than 4,000 pages of the proposed GAA. He gave it his imprimatur.
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In today’s world, a smartphone is more than just a gadget. It has become a creative tool, a memory-keeper, and for many, a lifeline that connects personal…
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