
SC to intensify transparency, accountability efforts
The Supreme Court (SC) will intensify its drive for transparency and accountability within the country’s judicial system, Associate Justice Maria Filomena D.…
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The Supreme Court (SC) will intensify its drive for transparency and accountability within the country’s judicial system, Associate Justice Maria Filomena D.…
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Education Secretary Sonny Angara recently received a strong show of support from non-teaching personnel and several education and business organizations, even…
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The Commission on Audit (CoA)has found P3.5 billion in unnecessary or unspent funds that the Department of Agriculture (DA) failed to return to the Bureau of…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. enabled the bicameral conference committee to increase the unprogrammed appropriations (UA) in the 2024 budget by P450 billion,…
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A ship passenger who goes missing is probably the worst thing that can happen in a sea journey.
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Projects that had long been planned were suddenly put in the UA, which amounted to about P1.45 trillion over three years.
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A digital, no-contact system certainly cuts out the grey areas where confusion and corruption can grow.
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The funds were transferred to the National Treasury, creating a new revenue stream to ‘trigger’ the release of the UA.
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The Senate has scheduled the third and final reading on the measure on 9 December.
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The Senate assured the public that it remains on track with its timeline to pass the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), despite postponing the scheduled…
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A significant push to address the country’s classroom shortage is underway after the Senate Committee on Finance announced Wednesday that the proposed 2026…
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The brave words of legislators to remove all lump sums from the 2026 national budget that were convertible to the pork barrel failed to hold after Senate…
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‘It’s no longer enough for agencies to simply say they’re doing well, they need to show it.’
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‘This is what I was saying as early as January — there were 28 blank items spanning 13 pages in the bicameral conference report of the 2025 GAA.’
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Has the unutilized P60 billion really been reallocated to PhilHealth through the 2026 national budget? The poor and the sick are asking: ‘Please check.’
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has launched its own “Tell the Commissioner” initiative in response to allegations of misuse of Letters of Authority…
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Affected by the removal of the subsidy were PhilHealth’s indirect contributors, who are the indigent, seniors, and people with disabilities.
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A Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) data shows that Sarangani Representative Steve Solon obtained the largest share, averaging 2.76 billion…
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