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Before the trillion-peso flood control mess hit the primetime news, there was a smaller, angrier dress rehearsal — and it happened in plain sight, on the floor…
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Before the trillion-peso flood control mess hit the primetime news, there was a smaller, angrier dress rehearsal — and it happened in plain sight, on the floor…
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The lesson from Floodgate is simple. A president who signs a budget cannot later distance himself from what that budget financed.
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Yet the question that lingers, unanswered and uncomfortable, is this: of all the names that have surfaced in this widening scandal, why only Romualdez and Co?
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The measure was not simply about proving guilt. It was about the impossibility of governing under a cloud of suspicion, and the obligation of those in power to…
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While some critics see this as simply a political strategy to distance the presidency from potential scandals, the focus should be less on Marcos’s…
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It is a mystery where the money for a specific classroom goes; only that some large sum exists somewhere in the spending plan for classrooms.
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If the DoJ or the Ombudsman has concerns about prejudicing the trial, redact what must be redacted and say so, specifically, in public.
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Former NEDA Director General Solita Monsod has called for sweeping reforms to the national budgeting process, describing the current Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.…
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Malacañang rejected concerns that the proposed P3.06-billion allocation for evacuation centers in the 2027 national budget might be used for election or…
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Let us dream of a Philippines where public office is truly public service, every peso is sacred, honesty is natural, and corruption is just a shameful chapter…
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Former soldier Orly Guteza has executed a new affidavit recanting his earlier statement that he delivered suitcases filled with cash to the residence of former…
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As my vehicle struggled through the waist-deep flood, I found myself stuck in traffic for two hours on Visayas Avenue in Quezon City with the water continuing…
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A public that tracks the money before it disappears is harder to rob quietly than one that only asks questions once the floodwaters recede.
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The blueprint for saving lives was available, but it was set aside so a mafia of contractors and their patrons in government could carve up the budget like a…
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After years of spending billions of pesos to manage the floods, how much protection has the public actually received?
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants his 2028 successor to continue his administration’s anti-corruption drive. But as Marcos seeks to make the fight against…
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There is cautious optimism that infrastructure projects in H2 2026 and improving business sentiment could support a recovery. But with growth at 2.3 percent,…
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The flood control scandal and the ongoing impeachment process amplified the economic slowdown in the second quarter, economist and former Bangko Sentral ng…
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