
Budget perversion drags PBBM down
‘They always announce that inflation is low, but the thing is, the public is not feeling this. Prices continue to be high. There’s a lot of hoarding. There’s a…
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‘They always announce that inflation is low, but the thing is, the public is not feeling this. Prices continue to be high. There’s a lot of hoarding. There’s a…
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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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Members of the bicameral conference committee from both the House of Representatives and the Senate on Sunday signed the committee report reconciling their…
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The bicameral conference committee of Congress signed the report on the proposed 2026 national budget on Sunday, 28 December, with lawmakers underscoring that…
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued a missing crew member of a fishing boat in the vicinity waters off Silanguin Island, Zambales, on Christmas Day.
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A man allegedly hacked his father after the latter tried to stop him from attacking his brother in Barangay Padapada, Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac on 24 December 2025.
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Former President Rodrigo Duterte had been accused of exaggerating his alleged deteriorating health condition to evade conviction by the International Criminal…
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In the House of Representatives, pork swelled to almost double the National Expenditure Program.
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BAGUIO CITY — As 2025 draws to a close, the news landscape of the Cordillera Administrative Region stands as a testament to a year of transition, defined by…
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Monday said the upper chamber will act only on a “clear and near-final enrolled copy” of the P6.793 trillion…
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‘A complex set of weather systems involving the interaction of multiple cyclonic systems and an intensified monsoon under La Niña conditions created a…
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A major indicator of lack of investor confidence is the drop of investor visits to the Philippines. ‘Where once two to three investors would visit the…
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BAGUIO CITY — An official autopsy has determined that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Maria Catalina Estama Cabral died…
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Auto sales in November dipped to 37,352, or 6.7 percent lower than the 40,014 sold the previous month, as indicated in a report of industry groups Chamber of…
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Senate majority leaders on Thursday welcomed the bicameral conference committee’s approval of the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026, calling it…
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The bicameral conference committee has approved an additional P16.52 billion in the 2026 national budget to fully cover the Sin Tax earmarking for the…
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The bicameral conference committee wrapped up Thursday the marathon deliberations on the proposed P6.7-trillion spending plan for 2026, allaying fears of a…
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Students enrolled in allied health sciences programs are set to receive much-needed financial relief after the Bicameral Conference Committee approved the…
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