Pork-loaded GAA lives on
A reenacted budget reduces overall government disbursements by limiting spending to the previous year’s levels and prohibiting funding for new programs or…
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A reenacted budget reduces overall government disbursements by limiting spending to the previous year’s levels and prohibiting funding for new programs or…
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(Trigger Warning: This article contains discussion of mental health crises, self-harm and emotional distress.)
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Based on volumes of documents Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste posted on his social media page, Nosy Tarsee pieced together a system of budget insertions in the…
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‘All of the easing moves by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which started late last year up to now, could only do so much.’
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The padlocking of the Rotary Community Center along Roces Avenue in Quezon City has triggered a backlash from Rotarians, who say the closure unfairly penalized…
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Senator Francis Pangilinan on Saturday announced that the proposed 2026 national budget includes a P10-million allocation for the Animal Welfare Supervision…
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On Christmas week, as Filipinos and the global Christian community prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. adopted a…
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Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Saturday announced that the proposed 2026 national budget includes a P10-million allocation for the Animal Welfare…
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The national government plans to borrow a total of P824 billion from the domestic debt market in the first quarter of 2026, according to the Bureau of the…
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Were the proceeds from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ gold sales from January to 24 June used to plug over P200 billion in Unprogrammed Appropriations (UAs)?
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Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste on Friday claimed that a supposed staff member of Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Suansing approached him and enumerated…
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Within Region I, Ilocos Norte’s 1st District posted a P12.91-billion allocation for 2025, the highest in the region and among the largest nationwide for that…
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Malacañang has mounted a firm, albeit “desperate” defense against renewed allegations of large-scale budget insertions in the proposed 2025 national budget,…
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Malacañang was too quick to brand the allegations as “hearsay,” Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said Friday, stressing that substantial evidence…
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Year-on-year, the deficit widened by 7.38 percent from P1.18 trillion in November 2024. The Treasury attributed the expansion mainly to higher government…
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In the House of Representatives, pork swelled to almost double the National Expenditure Program.
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Recto has defended the transfer of excess funds, including P89.9 billion from PhilHealth and P117 billion from the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp, saying he…
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