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…
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After the SC struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund in 2013, the crooks in government became innovative. They devised ways for discretionary…
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Joseller “Yeng” Guiao has been a head coach in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 1990, or for a total of 33 seasons, interrupted only by a…
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Legislation must be proposed to prohibit the unprogrammed allocations in the budget that had become the source of abuses.
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday said the unprogrammed appropriations (UAs) in the 2026 national budget are “constitutionally valid.”
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Groups seeking to uphold the dignity of the budget process have urged the “Floodgate” probers not to shoot the messenger but to focus instead on the content of…
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With only days left before the expected signing of the 2026 national budget, Antonio Tinio, ACT Teachers Party-list representative and deputy minority leader,…
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If the projects are not the product of rational planning, technical assessment, and genuine need, but instead are the result of political patronage, the…
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Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste on Sunday pushed back against what has been described as “stonewalling” by Department of Public Works and Highways…
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‘Ninety-seven percent of the total ASEAN hosting budget — or P17.55 billion — is directly under the Office of the President.’
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Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, in a separate concurring opinion on the PhilHealth funds ruling, said the inclusion of…
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A Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) data shows that Sarangani Representative Steve Solon obtained the largest share, averaging 2.76 billion…
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A whopping P9.2 billion in unprogrammed appropriations (UA) was allocated for Visayas in recent budgets to bankroll flood control projects, with the lion’s…
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The UA intends to create a standby fund that relies on additional revenues or borrowings. The practice at the start of the Marcos administration of placing…
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Advocates of zero UA suggest that instead of standby allocations, the government can propose a supplemental budget if it needs additional funds.
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The defunding of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) has not discouraged the backers of the notorious program as members of the House of…
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The Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday approved the 2023 proposed budget for the Commission on Audit and the Office of the Ombudsman, amounting to P13.8…
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