ICC pressed to order Rody’s interim release
The camp of former President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed its appeal for his temporary release from International Criminal Court (ICC) custody as the pre-trial…
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The camp of former President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed its appeal for his temporary release from International Criminal Court (ICC) custody as the pre-trial…
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Corruption has been institutionalized; it is so pervasive that when the House of Romualdez passed the 2025 budget bill it contained several pages with blank…
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‘We must fix what happened in the past. And if cases have to be filed, let’s file the cases.’
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Outlawing the pork barrel in the yearly budget, however, resulted in the unlimited creation of discretionary funds hidden in budget insertions.
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‘Every peso we borrow is invested in productive projects that deliver real benefits to Filipinos. We will make sure that the economy will continue to outgrow…
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The House of Representatives kicked off deliberations on the proposed P6.793 trillion national budget for next year on Monday, marked by a heated exchange…
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For Marcos, AKAP is not merely a line item to strike out; it is a litmus test.
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The proposal to make the budget process transparent was contained in several previous bills that did not even reach the committee report level.
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Department of Finance (DoF) Secretary Ralph Recto on Monday urged lawmakers to exercise fiscal discipline during deliberations on the 2026 national budget,…
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The House Committee on Appropriations could go as far as proposing budget cuts to agencies with low utilization rates to fund the chamber’s so-called pet…
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‘We must perform well. We cannot ask for more resources if we fail to deliver.’
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While the budget is failing to contribute meaningfully to eradicating poverty, the sharks in Congress had more than their fill of pork after they sliced up and…
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The defunding of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) has not discouraged the backers of the notorious program as members of the House of…
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President Marcos had expressed surprise, saying all projects can’t cost exactly P100 million each.
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Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin earlier confirmed the OP’s plan to seek extra funds for 2026’s ASEAN chairmanship.
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The measure also authorizes the Chief Justice, via an en banc resolution, to reallocate funds to areas of greatest need.
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