Lacson flags P2.5B ‘allocables’ tied to Imee Marcos in 2025 budget
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Sunday flagged what he said were P2.5 billion worth of “allocables” linked to Imee Marcos in the 2025 National…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Sunday flagged what he said were P2.5 billion worth of “allocables” linked to Imee Marcos in the 2025 National…
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Under Article VI, Section 27 of the Constitution, the President’s item veto of appropriations permanently deletes the vetoed items from the budget law.
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The UA was formalized after 1987 as a ‘matter of convenience’ to avoid the cumbersome special or supplemental appropriations bills required for contingencies.
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Budget watchdogs said a complaint before the Supreme Court is being prepared to challenge the constitutionality of the new budget.
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Debt service receives the ‘first cut’ of the budget, as it is funded first from available revenues, before allocations to agencies for programs such as…
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What drives senators and congressmen to steal amounts one cannot spend in a lifetime?
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Pinuna ng mga opposition lawmakers sa House of Representatives nitong Huwebes ang tinawag nilang “railroading” o pagmamadali sa pagpasa ng Bicameral Conference…
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President Marcos Jr. is set to sign the 2026 General Appropriations Bill on Monday, 05 January 2026, with a stern warning from a minority leader that it could…
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The emerging reality is that this budget will be devoid of the promised reforms after the massive corruption that perverted the past three Marcos General…
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Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday slammed the “railroading” of the ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on…
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For 2026, P250 billion in UA has been proposed, which watchdogs have linked to anomalous projects that prioritize vested interests over essential services like…
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The proposed spending plan for 2026, while more ‘orderly,’ still has huge provisions for the pork barrel through the unprogrammed appropriations, which…
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The lechon sits at the centre of our holiday tables...and in my uneasy thoughts.
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‘When access to health care depends on a politician’s endorsement, something deeply wrong has taken root not only legally but morally.’
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As the Christmas season winds down and the lights dim across the provinces, questions linger over where public money flowed while the nation was distracted by…
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In the House of Representatives, pork swelled to almost double the National Expenditure Program.
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As a senior DPWH official, Cabral was allegedly central to the handling of budget allocations under the allocables scheme.
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