Budget watchdog: Public must be part of process
Budget documents run thousands of pages long and are filled with technical language that can be difficult for the public to decipher.
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Budget documents run thousands of pages long and are filled with technical language that can be difficult for the public to decipher.
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The country’s gross international reserves (GIRs) stood at a 16-month low of $104.0 billion as of end-May 2026, slightly lower than the previous month’s $104.3…
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The SALN suffers from structural defects that render it useless as an accountability tool.
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Notes the World Bank: workers without secondary education are unable to find formal jobs; this reality persists because corruption diverts investment away from…
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The National Government’s outstanding debt edged lower to P18.47 trillion as of end-April, marking its first monthly decline this year and snapping a six-month…
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Amid various issues concerning the lack of transparency in government documents, the House of Representatives has voted to approve the Right to Information…
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BAGUIO CITY — A municipal councilor here has commended the town’s agricultural office for upholding transparency and institutional integrity, saying it…
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Global digital business services firm TP said its AI-powered debt collection platform achieved up to a 40 percent debt recovery rate while matching human-level…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday announced it is strengthening internal protocols to guarantee that administrative investigations of personnel…
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The Police Regional Office 2 (PRO-2) has launched a web-based monitoring system designed to track financial spending and improve transparency and…
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The Climate Change Commission (CCC) is calling for the reinforcement of transparent and accountable climate reporting systems as nations struggle with data…
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Term limits exist because independence has to be structural, not aspirational.
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The Department of Education (DepEd) launched a centralized procurement dashboard Wednesday, allowing the public to track the agency’s spending on textbooks,…
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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed certificates Wednesday to 20 farmers in Mexico, Pampanga, effectively condoning more than P1.6 million in…
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BAGUIO CITY — A transparency watchdog in Kalinga province is calling for progress on several graft and ethical complaints filed before the Office of the…
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Journalists covering one of the more prominent Cabinet secretaries are growing increasingly frustrated and some are outright fed up about attending events…
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Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro has established a Public Financial Management (PFM) team to address systemic reporting failures that have hindered the…
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