Watchdog says 2026 budget still riddled with pork
A week after the national budget for 2026 was signed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., budget watchdogs said the spending plan remains laden with pork.
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A week after the national budget for 2026 was signed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., budget watchdogs said the spending plan remains laden with pork.
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released P1.3 billion in assistance to about 194,000 Filipinos who participated in the agency’s Tulong…
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Customs and ports officials may soon find themselves in hot water over a P2.6-billion smuggling caper that happened under their collective noses, as Nosy…
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‘There’s no final cost yet, but I think the minimum is about P16 billion.’
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New allegations have emerged that could raise the stakes even higher. Enter Ramil Madriaga, who claims to have been the Vice President’s bagman.
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More than 7,000 workers in Eastern Visayas benefited from the livelihood programs of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in 2025, the agency said.
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Bongbong receives intelligence. That does not make his office an intelligence agency. Otherwise, every Cabinet secretary would qualify for secret funds.
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The public interest is best protected when institutions take the time to do things properly, especially when the stakes involve billions in public funds and…
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The Commission on Higher Education’s (CHEd) attention was called on the more than P647 million in unliquidated funds under its Merit Scholarship Program.
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James Cameron is on track to make box office history once again as his latest film, Avatar: Fire and Ash , is currently tracking toward a $1-billion worldwide…
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Former Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) national president and constitutional law expert Atty. Domingo Egon Cayosa said the issue surrounding the…
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Vice President Sara Duterte was not removed from office, but the 2025 impeachment complaints against her nonetheless reshaped the country’s political…
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday pledged full cooperation with investigators following the arrest of a payroll officer accused of diverting public…
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The acting manager of Manila’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) filed criminal and administrative complaints with the Office of the Ombudsman, alleging…
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The Commission on Audit has flagged the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) for P3.1 billion in public funds spent without complete documentary…
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It is a joy-sapping reality that had never been felt before, as far as I know. It leaves us stunned, weighed down by a sense of betrayal so deep we can hardly…
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By and large, the ICI failed the litmus test of unquestionable independence and abandoned the guiding tenets of transparency and accountability.
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Naghain ng reklamo ang Save the Philippines Coalition sa Office of the Ombudsman laban kina Executive Secretary Ralph Recto at dating PhilHealth president…
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