Lawmakers take sides on zeroing unprogrammed funds
Following the decision of the House of Representatives to reject the amendment of Akbayan Representative Atty. Chel Diokno to reduce the P243 billion…
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Following the decision of the House of Representatives to reject the amendment of Akbayan Representative Atty. Chel Diokno to reduce the P243 billion…
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Motorists and social media users are calling on Transportation Secretary Giovanni Z. Lopez to investigate the alleged abuse of special protocol license plates…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday confirmed that Colonel Raymund Dante P. Lachica has been relieved from his position as commander of the…
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Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced Monday that the local government will begin releasing long-delayed allowances for public school…
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has called on the national government to reallocate a portion of its flood control budget to settle the long-unpaid social…
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A former chairman of a village in Sampaloc, Manila has been sentenced to up to 16 years in prison for the unauthorized encashment of more than P200,000 in…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson revealed on Sunday that almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for…
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Wary budget watchdogs believe that a new small committee has been created in the House of Representatives in the guise of a body called the Budget Amendments…
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It is the lie of finality, staged with practiced ease, that wounds as deeply as any absent coat of paint.
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he “acknowledged the decision of the Executive” to restore P60 billion in “excess funds” to the Philippine Health Insurance…
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Amenah!? What you don’t have people? You’ve got thousands in your big offices, air-conditioning, coffee machines, and not one person to suspect P600 million…
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If the system cannot hold the powerful accountable, then it is time to build a system where corruption is nearly impossible to commit.
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Decisive actions to combat corruption amid the public outcry were taken last week, foremost of which was the establishment of the Independent Commission for…
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‘We should allocate more funds for the health of every Filipino,’ Go said. ‘When one family member is sick, the whole family suffers.’
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Typhoons will not stop as a result of the scandal engulfing the nation. Still, the ongoing scandal has placed the concessionary loans in peril.
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At the “Trillion Peso March” on 21 September, which seeks to protest entrenched corruption in the country, don’t be surprised to see ecology warriors in the…
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MISAMIS ORIENTAL — The Cagayan de Oro Evangelical Council (CEC) issued a strongly worded statement condemning government corruption, particularly in…
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