DPWH budget bicam talks suspended over pricing issues
Bicameral talks on the DPWH’s proposed 2026 budget were suspended due to disagreements over project pricing and cost adjustments.
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Bicam round 1: Pork barrel wins — BAYAN
BAYAN criticized lawmakers for expanding pork-linked funding in the 2026 budget, citing increases in farm-to-market roads and medical assistance programs…
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House bicam contingent wants P1B earmarked for UP's Project NOAH
The House of Representatives seeks a P1 billion budget for UP’s Project NOAH in the 2026 budget, aiming to strengthen flood mitigation, improve hazard mapping,…
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Senators assure transparent bicam
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Sotto maintains no more bicam insertions in 2026 budget
Senate President Tito Sotto assured that no insertions or new amendments will be made during the bicameral conference committee on the P6.793-trillion 2026…
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Bicam delayed, Sotto cites technical factors
‘We are constrained to move the Bicam to Saturday because the technical staff of both the House and the Senate requested one more day to craft the details of…
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Bad budget doing encore
Across the 2023, 2024, 2025 budgets, cuts in the NEP totaled P1.5 trillion, which were reallocated elsewhere.
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Bicam on 2026 budget moved to 13 December
Bicam meeting on the 2026 national budget moved to Dec. 13 as Senate and House staff seek more time to reconcile disaggregated documents and conflicting…
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House names Suansing, 11 other House solons as bicam contingent
The House and Senate have named 24 lawmakers to the bicameral conference committee tasked with reconciling conflicting provisions in the 2026 national budget,…
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Big blanks with Chiz
‘This is what I was saying as early as January — there were 28 blank items spanning 13 pages in the bicameral conference report of the 2025 GAA.’
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Lacson: Up to P180 billion lost to 'ghost' flood control projects since 2016
Sen. Ping Lacson warns that up to P180 billion may have been lost to ghost flood control projects since 2016, as the Senate rolls out transparency reforms and…
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Livestreamed budget talks spark House debate
Administration lawmakers rally behind President Marcos Jr.’s call to livestream the bicameral conference on the proposed ₱6.793-trillion 2026 national budget,…
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Marcos: No veto; bicam livestreamed
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed confidence that a veto of the proposed ₱6.79-trillion 2026 national budget will not be needed, citing its alignment…
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Crooks remain at large
The Speaker did not attend those meetings; Poe was not allowed to attend most of those meetings. Co and Escudero were the ones who actually penciled in…
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