Budget insertion loophole: A betrayal of public trust
It requires the courageous use of the veto power in the next budget cycle and the public naming and shaming of those who orchestrated this betrayal.
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It requires the courageous use of the veto power in the next budget cycle and the public naming and shaming of those who orchestrated this betrayal.
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Let’s be honest. The moment the words “national budget deliberations” flash on the news, it’s our cue to zone out. Our eyes glaze over as politicians throw…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) seeks to eliminate the agency’s budget for flood control projects in this year’s budget and reallocate it to…
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To suggest the DBM has no duty to spot recycled or bloated items is like claiming the cashier at a bank can hand over counterfeit bills and say, sorry, I’m not…
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Poe had defended the increase in the DPWH’s 2025 budget, saying there were foreign-assisted projects that needed government funding.
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Congratulations! They now got the clout they deserve but for all the wrong reasons. Daddy's money? More like taxpayers money.
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Militant groups staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Friday, 5 September 2025, to condemn the leading role of the…
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The new leadership of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has welcomed proposals by lawmakers to cut the agency’s budget for flood control…
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Businessman and contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya will be attending the next Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on alleged irregularities in flood control…
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TACLOBAN CITY — It’s a war of words in Albuera, Leyte.
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The groups called for a halt to the shameful, unabated, continuing, and excessive acts of graft and corruption.
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has placed individuals linked to alleged irregularities in government flood control projects under monitoring following the…
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District engineer Henry Alcantara, assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez, and construction section chief Jaypee Mendoza were dismissed.
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The deliberations on the proposed P6.793 trillion next year’s budget continued on Thursday, following a botched attempt to send it back to the Department of…
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His assumption as head of DPWH is like a panacea to the waning confidence that this administration will be able to overcome the magnitude of corruption that…
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Diokno, the mentor of Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, was accused by Andaya of inserting P75 billion worth of infrastructure projects primarily in the…
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Thirty business organizations have banded together to condemn lawmakers and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), along with other…
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Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero has approved the issuance of subpoenas to five contractors and three executives of the Department of Public Works…
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