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Nosy Tarsee overheard House leaders lambasting the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) over the agency’s alleged failure to vet hundreds of billions of…
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Nosy Tarsee overheard House leaders lambasting the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) over the agency’s alleged failure to vet hundreds of billions of…
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Accountability seems to be catching up with former Senate president Francis “Chiz” Escudero, who was asked yesterday to explain the P30-million donation he…
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Every peso lost to fraud is a peso denied to communities left vulnerable to climate change and rising flood risks.
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‘It’s not just the contractors who must be held accountable, but also the professional officials and employees of the DPWH.’
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There is no time to lose; the nation could enter a vicious cycle where poverty fuels corruption, and corruption in turn entrenches poverty, relegating the…
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Until the cost of clinging to power becomes greater than the cost of stepping down, the Philippines will remain trapped in a cycle where public office is…
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Amid the Anti-Money Laundering Council's (AMLC) probe into officials tied to dubious flood control projects, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) said they…
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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested two Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) employees inside their office Monday for allegedly soliciting a…
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‘I did not know the Discayas, and that was the first and only time outside of the Blue Ribbon Committee hearings that I met them.’
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A lawmaker on Wednesday pressed the Commission on Audit (CoA) to harmonize its document retention policy with the statute of limitations for corruption cases,…
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Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Wednesday said 67 members of the House of Representatives were identified as having “proven interests” in…
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Once respected for their political insight and influence, both beleaguered gentlemen in Congress now find themselves in the midst of a public spectacle.
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The common hunting phrase ‘hunt high and low’ means that we must thoroughly search in every possible nook and cranny.
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The insertions were made in Congress, which means they couldn’t have been done by accident.
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This project was completed and is not a ‘ghost project’ as insinuated in a comment section.
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Lawmakers in the 20th Congress met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other government leaders Tuesday to discuss legislative priorities, even as both…
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The government has blocked an attempt by companies linked to resigned Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co to deregister three helicopters,…
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