Corruption is a ‘tax on the poor’: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in joining the Philippine financial sector’s push against government corruption, is quite unequivocal about its stand against…
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in joining the Philippine financial sector’s push against government corruption, is quite unequivocal about its stand against…
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will begin a massive rehabilitation of EDSA on 24 December, utilizing a specialized Japanese asphalt…
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Speaker Bojie Dy belied Wednesday reports that members of the House of Representatives, including himself, had “inserted” billions of pesos in the 2026 budget…
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The P60 billion in excess PhilHealth funds, recently ordered returned by the Supreme Court to the state insurer, were funneled to the contentious unprogrammed…
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), in coordination with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of…
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TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently studying a proposal to allow heavy trucks to cross the San Juanico Bridge…
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‘We want the DPWH to come back to the table and give the proper computation. He (Dizon) said there are 10,000 projects. They should count them and tell us the…
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In fairness to Dizon, he held his ground, and rightly so. Infrastructure projects have already been delayed by the flood control corruption scandal.
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The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on Tuesday, 16 December, lamented the current deadlock in the bicameral conference committee over the proposed 2026…
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The bicameral conference meeting set on Tuesday, 16 December, was held off anew due to the deadlock in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…
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A P40 million partial return from an alleged P150 million in flood control project kickbacks was made by former Department of Public Works and…
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Senate Committee on Finance Chair Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday confirmed that the chamber is reviewing the revised adjustment factors submitted by the…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, reaffirmed the Senate’s strong support for full transparency in the 2026…
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Senators on Tuesday, 16 December, assured the chamber would not approve an overpriced budget for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), headed by Secretary Vince Dizon, apologized to the Senate Finance Committee for deficiencies in the data…
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Senator Kiko Pangilinan has raised fresh concerns over the proposed flood control budget, citing lingering issues from the 2025 bicameral conference (Bicam)…
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