Watchdog says 2026 budget still riddled with pork
A week after the national budget for 2026 was signed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., budget watchdogs said the spending plan remains laden with pork.
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A week after the national budget for 2026 was signed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., budget watchdogs said the spending plan remains laden with pork.
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gregorio Catapang Jr. has ordered an investigation into reports of alleged animal cruelty at the New Bilibid…
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has ordered a probe into reports of alleged animal cruelty inside the New Bilibid…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday said it is tracking down former BuCor Director General Gerald Bantag and other high-profile fugitives,…
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New allegations have emerged that could raise the stakes even higher. Enter Ramil Madriaga, who claims to have been the Vice President’s bagman.
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Bongbong receives intelligence. That does not make his office an intelligence agency. Otherwise, every Cabinet secretary would qualify for secret funds.
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The Bureau of Corrections is seeking additional personnel as part of a three-year plan to strengthen its workforce and improve custodial security and…
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Ipinahayag ni Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. ang kanyang tuwa at pagmamalaki sa limang tauhan ng ahensya na…
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. expressed elation over five BuCor personnel who successfully passed the bar…
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The Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) on Wednesday reported a significant surge in visitors at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City during the recent…
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The public interest is best protected when institutions take the time to do things properly, especially when the stakes involve billions in public funds and…
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The Commission on Higher Education’s (CHEd) attention was called on the more than P647 million in unliquidated funds under its Merit Scholarship Program.
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Former Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) national president and constitutional law expert Atty. Domingo Egon Cayosa said the issue surrounding the…
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BAGUIO CITY — Local residents and netizens are pushing back at top government officials following claims that fugitive former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)…
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Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have the power to turn their lives around, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said on…
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Bureau of Corrections (Bureau of Corrections) Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. on Thursday, 1 January 2026, said spending the New Year behind bars is…
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Vice President Sara Duterte was not removed from office, but the 2025 impeachment complaints against her nonetheless reshaped the country’s political…
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The plan to decongest the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) in preparation for the eventual closure of its facility in 2028 is now in full swing under Bureau of…
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