Old pork, new labels
These findings show that political patronage and greed still shape budget allocations despite the public outrage and government investigations.
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budget insertions scandal
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on budget insertions scandal.
Thieves never learn
While the 2027 budget has fewer flood control projects after the scandal, it replaced them with numerous multipurpose halls nationwide.
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Ilocos Norte neglected under Bongbong?
Maybe the congressmen are getting nervous? We heard there’s a terrible drought coming in 2028. Not El Niño. A budget drought.
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DPWH backs P8.84-B budget purge
The DPWH has welcomed the Senate’s plan to remove P8.84 billion in infrastructure projects from the proposed 2027 national budget over missing supporting…
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Malacañang vows veto of dubious budget items
Malacañang says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will scrutinize questionable allocations in the 2027 national budget and veto projects lacking sufficient…
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Palace assures scrutiny of 2027 budget amid P1-T 'pork' red flags
Malacañang assures transparency in the 2027 national budget as watchdog groups flag over P1 trillion in questionable allocations. President Marcos Jr. vows to…
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DPWH chief warns engineers against falsifying budget documents
DPWH Secretary Giovanni Lopez warns engineers against falsifying budget documents for questionable infrastructure projects in the proposed 2027 national…
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Call louder over House disclosure
‘Kamanggagawa Partylist is taking up the challenge to release all proposed projects and insertions in the 2027 budget.’
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Lacson: Senate majority backs purging 2027 budget of 'pork'
Senator Ping Lacson and the Senate majority bloc pledge to eliminate questionable allocations in the 2027 budget, focusing on transparency and reform in…
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‘Deeply troubled’ by a troubling budget
The President’s line-item veto remains the last institutional firewall. Whether he uses it or not, it will answer a question more consequential than any single…
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Unraveling quickens
The sectoral groups challenged the House version of the P7.2-trillion budget, which passed on third reading 281 to 13, but with P180 billion more added for the…
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Cardinal David calls for end to patronage politics amid 2027 budget insertions
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David calls for an end to political patronage, urging transparency and accountability in the 2027 national budget amid concerns over…
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35 business groups urge removal of budget insertions
Thirty-five Philippine business groups are urging Congress to remove budget insertions without technical justification from the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027…
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35 business groups urge removal of budget insertions
Thirty-five business groups have urged Congress to remove budget insertions without technical justification from the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for…
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Cardinal David urges Senate to remove budget insertions
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David urges the Senate to remove unjustified budget insertions from the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027.
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‘Who’s liable for budget billions?’
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong urged the Ombudsman and Commission on Audit to investigate billions of pesos in national budget allocations declared…
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Unaffected budget provisions remain workable — DBM
‘The DBM will observe the applicable Supreme Court directives concerning these provisions, without prejudice to the government’s right to seek reconsideration…
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