DPWH backs P8.84-B budget purge
The DPWH has welcomed the Senate’s plan to remove P8.84 billion in infrastructure projects from the proposed 2027 national budget over missing supporting…
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2027 Philippine national budget
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Ayuda: Politics of dependency
Unfortunately, these are not real investments in human capital, arguably the Philippines’ most valuable resource. They are simply a means to propagate the…
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Pork lovers are off-limits
Under the UA, the funding for FAPs is uncertain, while the inserted projects get definite allocations.
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Malacañang vows veto of dubious budget items
Malacañang says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will scrutinize questionable allocations in the 2027 national budget and veto projects lacking sufficient…
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DA orders farm road review
The Department of Agriculture has ordered a review of 1,669 proposed farm-to-market road projects for its 2027 budget after civil society groups flagged…
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Much ado about insertions
Just to be clear, this doesn’t mean Cong. Marcos automatically receives personal benefits from these revisions. But it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think he does.
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‘Deeply troubled’ by a troubling budget
The President’s line-item veto remains the last institutional firewall. Whether he uses it or not, it will answer a question more consequential than any single…
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Unraveling quickens
The sectoral groups challenged the House version of the P7.2-trillion budget, which passed on third reading 281 to 13, but with P180 billion more added for the…
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35 business groups urge removal of budget insertions
Thirty-five Philippine business groups are urging Congress to remove budget insertions without technical justification from the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027…
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Puno: Blame Marcos’ men over roads at sea
Deputy Speaker Ronaldo “Ronnie” Puno blamed executive agencies for errors in the proposed 2027 national budget after farm-to-market road projects worth…
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Romualdez gone, but pork lives on
Romualdez’s fall would have left behind a convenient fiction: that the scandal was of one man’s making, and that his removal means the problem has been solved.…
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Lacson wants continuous Bicam livestream
'When the budget bill reaches the Bicam, as happened last year, there were many suspensions where lawmakers were whispering in a corner, away from the cameras.'
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Ejercito: 2027 budget must win back trust
Senator JV Ejercito plans major changes to the proposed 2027 Philippine budget, prioritizing railways, bridges, airports, zero-balance billing, and higher…
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Solon: House must explain infra cuts
Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab questioned where ₱131.5 billion in funding cuts for foreign-assisted infrastructure projects went in the proposed 2027 national…
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‘Mahiya naman kayo’: No effect on shameless
Whether the Senate can break this cycle will determine if there is still shame as a moral constraint in Philippine politics.
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Watchdogs tag pork insertions
AI analysis flags ₱541.4 billion in alleged pork projects in the 2027 House budget bill, including billions in proposed increases to ayuda programs, medical…
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