Pork lives on despite budget reforms — Tinio
Congressional insertions remain a concern as lawmakers scrutinize the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027, with teachers also warning that…
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Congressional insertions remain a concern as lawmakers scrutinize the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027, with teachers also warning that…
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A President who genuinely combed through P200 billion in flood control insertions found only P26 billion worth of rot because a full veto would have named…
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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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Budget “insertions” in Taguig were not allegedly confined to Senator Alan Cayetano, as his sister, Senator Pia Cayetano, also had her share amounting to P4.7…
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Senator Ping Lacson on Thursday alleged that two P100-million infrastructure projects in Taguig linked to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s political bailiwick were…
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The perversion of Congress was at its worst after the Marcos administration took over, where pork projects became a commodity.
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Lacson particularly referred to the 2019 SEA Games hosting mess where tens of billions of pesos of public money passed through a private foundation that…
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We will no longer allow last-minute insertions, particularly those made during the Bicameral Conference Committee.
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Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Sunday said he is gathering informants and witnesses to build a case against Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, declaring that the…
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After the SC struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund in 2013, the crooks in government became innovative. They devised ways for discretionary…
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Systematic corruption within the judicial system can obstruct investigations, weaken prosecutions, and allow criminal and terrorist actors to evade…
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Crooks and crocodiles in government have reverted to the old reliable farm-to-market roads (FMR) for kickbacks in the 2026 budget after flood control projects…
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Files petition challenging constitutionality before SC
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The legal team of the late Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral said boxes of documents containing information…
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House appropriations committee chairperson Mikaela Suansing strongly belied Monday imputations by her colleague, Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste, that lawmakers…
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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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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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