Resigned, not cleared
Resignation is seen by some as an admission of guilt, and legally it is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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Resignation is seen by some as an admission of guilt, and legally it is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Senator Panfilo Lacson confirmed Wednesday that allegations made by Rep. Zaldy Co regarding questionable P100-billion budget…
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Former Ako Bicol Representative Elizaldy Co on Saturday uploaded a video on his Facebook page directly accusing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of “receiving” a…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday rejected former Ako Bicol Representative Zaldy Co’s allegations that he orchestrated PHP100 billion worth of…
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The mother of all insertions could be an item in the budget called the Convergence and Special Support Program (CSSP), which totaled P828 billion. This aligns…
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III disclosed on Sunday that the Senate will restrict all amendments to the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) to the second…
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‘I was finally given an opportunity to share my side of the story. For now, in a way, it’s about facts and evidence and not only political noise or…
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University of the East College of Law Dean Amado Valdez had a reflection on the country’s political elites sitting “at the same table” and doing what they are…
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If Sen. Cayetano replaces Sen. Sotto as Senate President, it would be an expected move.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said on Monday that while budget insertions weren’t inherently illegal, many lawmakers had abused them for personal…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Monday defended the practice of budget insertions as part of the legislative mandate by Congress but…
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Malacañang on Monday said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was not initially aware of the alleged individual budget insertions by senators amounting…
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Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, 29 September, clarified that amendments or insertions, whether individual or institutional, done during…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson revealed on Sunday that almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for…
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PBBM, if I recall right, had proudly claimed that he had read cover-to-cover the more than 4,000 pages of the proposed GAA. He gave it his imprimatur.
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Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco reiterated his claims about budget insertions, including the "sagasa" scheme, where funds are allocated to cities without the…
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