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allocations

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on allocations.

  1. Palace, House of Horrors

    Palace, House of Horrors

    Private sector fiscal experts released an analysis of the 2024 and 2025 national budgets, and the numbers are horrifying.

    3 MIN READ

  2. BAGUIO City Mayor Benjamin Magalong

    ‘Who’s liable for budget billions?’

    Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong urged the Ombudsman and Commission on Audit to investigate billions of pesos in national budget allocations declared…

    2 MIN READ

  3. Land shortage stalls classroom buildup

    Land shortage stalls classroom buildup

    Education Secretary Sonny Angara says rising land prices and fewer property donations are worsening the Philippines’ classroom shortage, as EDCOM 2 flags gaps…

    1 MIN READ

  4. Ayudanomics on steroids

    Ayudanomics on steroids

    Soft pork has fattened the proposed budget ahead of the 2028 elections, with select House members making the changes behind closed doors.

    3 MIN READ

  5. Stacked 2027 pork pares spending room

    Stacked 2027 pork pares spending room

    Budget watchdogs allege that amendments to the proposed ₱7.2-trillion Philippine national budget for 2027 have significantly reduced fiscal space, with ₱541.4…

    2 MIN READ

  6. Mentors and mentees

    Mentors and mentees

    An opinion piece revisits allegations surrounding flood control allocations, DPWH budget insertions and alleged political connections from 2017 to 2019 amid…

    2 MIN READ

  7. Budget crooks must stand trial

    Budget crooks must stand trial

    After the SC struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund in 2013, the crooks in government became innovative. They devised ways for discretionary…

    3 MIN READ

  8. Unsung hero of Phl sports

    Unsung hero of Phl sports

    PBA coach and former lawmaker Yeng Guiao is honored with the PSA President’s Award for his decade-long legal battle ensuring PAGCOR and PCSO fully fund the…

    2 MIN READ

  9. Blue Ribbon’s burden

    Blue Ribbon’s burden

    Legislation must be proposed to prohibit the unprogrammed allocations in the budget that had become the source of abuses.

    3 MIN READ

  11. Photos from PNA and Senate of the Philippines

    ‘Don’t shoot’ flood scam messenger

    Budget activists urge focus on the contents of the Cabral files detailing infrastructure allocations and Unprogrammed Appropriations, while lawmakers clarify…

    3 MIN READ

  13. Before the budget debates even start

    Before the budget debates even start

    If the projects are not the product of rational planning, technical assessment, and genuine need, but instead are the result of political patronage, the…

    3 MIN READ

  15. Critics slam pork in 2026 budget

    Critics slam pork in 2026 budget

    ‘Ninety-seven percent of the total ASEAN hosting budget — or P17.55 billion — is directly under the Office of the President.’

    2 MIN READ