SC seen limiting notorious UA
Budget experts are confident the Supreme Court may impose limitations on, if not invalidate, the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) in the annual national…
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Budget experts are confident the Supreme Court may impose limitations on, if not invalidate, the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) in the annual national…
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The Department of Transportation’s (DoTr) Service Contracting (SC) program is set to initially run for only two weeks, as its P1-billion initial budget is…
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Once the General Appropriations Act is passed, the executive suddenly discovers it alone gets to decide which projects live and which die.
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Senator Loren Legarda on 9 April 2026 pressed the Department of Agriculture (DA) for failing to present a clear and actionable response to rising oil…
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Congress moved roughly P303 billion in programmed items — the Armed Forces of the Philippines modernization, universal tertiary education, personal benefits,…
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A state witness in the malversation case against former Senator Bong Revilla told the Sandiganbayan that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will open bidding this month for the full-scale rehabilitation of the Maharlika Highway to keep the project…
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A state witness in the malversation case connected to former Senator Bong Revilla stated that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Engr. Brice…
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The Supreme Court heard pointed arguments on Tuesday questioning the legality of “unprogrammed appropriations” (UA) in the national budget.
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will open bidding this month for the second phase of the EDSA rehabilitation project, following the early…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to open bidding for Phase 2 of the EDSA Rehabilitation this April to speed up the repair of Metro…
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The Supreme Court will begin hearing petitions this week challenging provisions in the 2026 national budget that allow the continued use of unprogrammed funds,…
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‘It is understandable that they are overwhelmed because we submitted a lot of documents, both the DPWH and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure.’
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A petition for reconsideration of bail from nine former Department of Public Works and Highways officials involved in an anomalous flood control project in…
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The Department of Transportation (DoTr) said on Tuesday that it is allocating P1 billion from its 2026 budget to implement service contracting for drivers in…
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Vacillation will not serve the country, as an economist said; if the expectation is that things will get worse, then it’s time to implement determined measures…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said the government is weighing a public-private partnership (PPP) to handle the operations and maintenance…
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Different sectors of the government concerned with the safety and security of the public announced in a joint press conference this Tuesday that various…
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