
The bare minimum
We have lowered the bar so far that doing what should have been done in the first place can now look like an accomplishment.
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We have lowered the bar so far that doing what should have been done in the first place can now look like an accomplishment.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the men around him are obviously guided by the next elections, two years away.
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The People’s Budget Coalition has raised concerns over the proposed 2027 national budget, flagging the growing debt burden, reduced allocations for key social…
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There should be a proper process before projects are included in the NEP, including passing through the Municipal Development Councils and Regional Development…
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The people this budget appears centered on are those running for office in 2028 who will need something to hand out between now and then.
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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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So what exactly died? Because this sounds like the pig is doing fantastic and is apparently more clever now.
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District congressmen got a baseline of P500 million each, partylist representatives from P120 million to P150 million.
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In those six hours, I could have reached Baguio, with a stopover or two. Instead, I barely moved around San Juan.
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Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday visited Zamboanga City to oversee the investigation into the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) shooting,…
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Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday challenged Malacañang to make public all travel authorities it issues to government officials and employees, along with…
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Instead, the budget is kept voluminous and splits a single road repair project into a half-dozen items, maintenance here, rehabilitation there, flood control…
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Agency heads realize the AOM is an official warning that can escalate into a Notice of Suspension or Notice of Disallowance if left unaddressed.
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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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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Wednesday called on lawmakers to strengthen the country's gun laws,…
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‘The ongoing oil crisis brought about by the war in the Middle East has shown how decades of underinvestment in road-based public transport and active…
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The proposed budget for 2027 allegedly contained a “uniform” P180-million lump-sum allocation for the establishment of evacuation centers across the country,…
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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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