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 Marcos Jr. administration has been placed in an ugly situation. To many people, the fault lies with the Secretary of Finance, who issued DoF Circular…
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‘I see the House of Representatives pulling his face and saying that only one out of five supports you.’
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In the Marcos budgets, however, the UA mutated into a receptacle to allow the insertion of the pork barrel in the budget with guaranteed funding.
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Yes, sea la vie, my darlings! It is about the quiet ride and the stillness of the sea and the sky that calm the heart and the soul during this busiest time of…
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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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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday dismissed allegations the Senate inserted a P17.9-billion pork barrel fund in the proposed 2026…
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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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