Lacson denies ‘Senate pork’
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday dismissed allegations the Senate inserted a P17.9-billion pork barrel fund in the proposed 2026…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday dismissed allegations the Senate inserted a P17.9-billion pork barrel fund in the proposed 2026…
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Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has maintained that he will not be amenable to the proposed P33-billion budget for farm-to-market road (FMR) projects in the…
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Speaker Bojie Dy belied Wednesday reports that members of the House of Representatives, including himself, had “inserted” billions of pesos in the 2026 budget…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is once again under the microscope after the Commission on Audit (CoA) flagged thousands of questionable beneficiaries and…
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The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) on Wednesday expressed full support for the upcoming Filipino film “I’mPerfect,” describing it as a timely…
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The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s sole transmission operator, assured consumers that yellow or red power alerts are unlikely…
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The House of Representatives’ contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee warned Tuesday that one million beneficiaries of the Medical Assistance for…
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‘Safeguards are important to me, to make sure that public funds in the budget do not go to corruption. That is the bottom line for me.’
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‘Whoever needs help will be given assistance immediately. No strings attached. No conditions. No favoritism.’
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‘We want the DPWH to come back to the table and give the proper computation. He (Dizon) said there are 10,000 projects. They should count them and tell us the…
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In fairness to Dizon, he held his ground, and rightly so. Infrastructure projects have already been delayed by the flood control corruption scandal.
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The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on Tuesday, 16 December, lamented the current deadlock in the bicameral conference committee over the proposed 2026…
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The bicameral conference meeting set on Tuesday, 16 December, was held off anew due to the deadlock in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…
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The University of the Philippines once again affirmed its place in the country’s cultural landscape as Tanghal Tertulia, its flagship arts program, was named…
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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is looking into the activities in the Philippines of two gunmen involved in the deadly shootings at Bondi Beach in…
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The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) has sought the intervention of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regarding its long-standing request with the Department of…
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Senate Committee on Finance Chair Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday confirmed that the chamber is reviewing the revised adjustment factors submitted by the…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, reaffirmed the Senate’s strong support for full transparency in the 2026…
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