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The lawmaker said genuine transparency required dismantling the mechanisms that allow such insertions, rather than simply putting cameras on the proceedings.
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Marcos did not have to invent the leadership fund, but he failed to stop it, and such inaction in a system built on impunity is its own kind of authorship.
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Even in the National Expenditure Program (NEP), touted as the President’s proposed budget for next year, traces of lump sums suspiciously similar to pork…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants his 2028 successor to continue his administration’s anti-corruption drive. But as Marcos seeks to make the fight against…
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There is cautious optimism that infrastructure projects in H2 2026 and improving business sentiment could support a recovery. But with growth at 2.3 percent,…
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More than a third of every peso collected from every Filipino taxpayer goes not to a classroom or a hospital but to a bondholder.
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The Philippine economy remains on a growth path despite its slower expansion, with economic officials dismissing concerns that the country is slipping into…
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is supporting efforts to again open the bicameral conference committee deliberations on the proposed…
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The very projects intended to protect Filipinos from nature’s fury appear to have been turned by some into a feeding trough for plunderers, an opportunity to…
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Malacañang on Thursday said government agencies initially sought a combined P11 trillion for 2027 before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the proposed…
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The flood control scandal and the ongoing impeachment process amplified the economic slowdown in the second quarter, economist and former Bangko Sentral ng…
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The spending plan needed to put on a show because the flood control scandal blew the lid off a practice that had become normal: using the UA as a side door for…
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ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio criticized the Marcos administration’s proposed 2027 national budget, saying it reflects a “mispriorization” of…
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After allocating no funds for flood control in the current national budget, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Tuesday that P107.4 billion in…
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Senate Committee on Finance chairperson JV Ejercito on Tuesday vowed to block last-minute insertions and amendments during bicameral conference committee…
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BACOLOR, Pampanga — Stranded in flooded dormitories with classes suspended, freshmen at Pampanga State University expressed growing anger Tuesday over…
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