Senator slams infra budget manipulation
‘We must fix what happened in the past. And if cases have to be filed, let’s file the cases.’
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‘We must fix what happened in the past. And if cases have to be filed, let’s file the cases.’
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Witnesses would crumble; not even Sara Duterte could handle that expression.
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If there was a compromise, we are left to wonder what horse-trading took place behind closed doors. Either way, transparency was the first casualty.
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Outlawing the pork barrel in the yearly budget, however, resulted in the unlimited creation of discretionary funds hidden in budget insertions.
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Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri called out the persistent manipulation of infrastructure budgets, particularly for flood control projects, and demanded full…
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The chief of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has confirmed the existence of so-called “ghost” flood control projects in several towns in…
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During a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on flood control projects, Senator Rodante Marcoleta questioned the role and visibility of the River Basin…
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Baricuatro’s statement underscores her determination to ensure that flood control funds are properly managed and that those responsible for mismanagement or…
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My apologies for changing one of the words from the iconic nursery rhyme because the stars in today’s column is all about the one who fell from Philippine…
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A thinly capitalized contractor that was one of the 15 firms President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. identified as cornering P100 billion worth of projects within three…
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For Marcos, AKAP is not merely a line item to strike out; it is a litmus test.
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Supporting local businesses is vital, but it should not overshadow the need for transparency and integrity in public works.
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Engr. Lao, a topnotch Mapua graduate and an expert environmental engineer, gave me an album of pictures two months ago showing flooding in various parts of the…
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'He feels as if he's a perfect guy; he can't even return to the Philippines! He's meddler, always right
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‘Things were done cheaply and not completed.’
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