
Leonen: Marcos enabled inserts
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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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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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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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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‘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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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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‘The recent catalogue of events in the ongoing flood control anomalies showcased last-minute insertions at the bicameral conference committee.’
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Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday vowed to continue fighting what she described as the “greed of some high-ranking officials in the government,”…
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The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued a nationwide directive demanding that all…
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The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) has issued a nationwide directive reminding local government units to comply with the Ecological Solid Waste…
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Senator Bong Go continues push for the funding of Mati Airport: “Sana tuloy tuloy na ang pagpopondo na dati na nating ipinaglalaban.”
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Five major Japanese corporations have signed a basic agreement to develop a new regional industry model built on the local production and consumption of clean…
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Co revealed the pork cuts in the budget, stating in the letter the ‘tradition in budget allocation ratios’ of for every one unit allocated to the Senate, the…
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He emphasized that the OVP has consistently demonstrated its ability to conduct meaningful and effective initiatives.
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A total of P1.28-billion worth of projects have been removed from the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) currently under Senate scrutiny, Senate Finance…
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