House budget slashes rail projects
Senator JV Ejercito flagged major changes to the House-approved ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, including ₱130 billion in cuts to foreign-assisted…
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JV backs stronger health, calamity response
Senate finance committee chair JV Ejercito vowed a thorough review of the House-approved ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, promising to address questionable…
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President’s billions: We must demand Transparency
Whose projects were funded, and whose were forsaken? And most urgently: where did the President’s billions go?
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Budget violated again
Media covering the proceedings did not notice the deception, as many news reports still cited the P116-billion figure. The ruse proved that livestreaming does…
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DPWH faced toughest budget review — DBM
‘You can talk to [the] DPWH, and I can certainly say, they’ll tell you – they had the hardest time proposing their 2027 budget.’ — Acting Budget Secretary Kim…
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2027 budget bill hurdles House
The House of Representatives approves the amended ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget on third reading, including increased infrastructure funding, ₱107.4…
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DBM says DPWH faced toughest budget review
Acting Budget Secretary Kim Robert de Leon said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) faced the toughest scrutiny among government agencies in…
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DBM: Proposed budget does not mean cash is available
‘Because in government budgeting, a big number should always come with an equally big responsibility to explain where it comes from, where it goes, and what…
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With time running out, budget gets attention
The Senate will balance Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial with deliberations on the proposed ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, Senate President…
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Ayudanomics on steroids
Soft pork has fattened the proposed budget ahead of the 2028 elections, with select House members making the changes behind closed doors.
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Stacked 2027 pork pares spending room
Budget watchdogs allege that amendments to the proposed ₱7.2-trillion Philippine national budget for 2027 have significantly reduced fiscal space, with ₱541.4…
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How to erase a paper trail
A mere letter also cannot beat a law. So which line of this year’s budget law lets money go out with no request? And which pot will it come from?
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‘They feast on pork while teachers starve’
Tinio: Billions funneled into lump-sum aid programs
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Tinio blasts P77.86B BARSc ‘pork-type amendments’
Rep. Antonio Tinio criticizes the P77.86 billion 'pork-type amendments' in the 2027 budget, highlighting the neglect of teachers' wage increases and the…
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DBM: Infrastructure spending still down 36 percent
In its latest National Government Disbursement Performance report, the DBM said infrastructure and other capital outlays reached P89.6 billion in July, down…
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