
Vain imprudence
Building a palace signals stability while hiding instability — because a palace is easier to measure than policy, lost tax money, or the inflationary pain…
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Building a palace signals stability while hiding instability — because a palace is easier to measure than policy, lost tax money, or the inflationary pain…
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Nosy Tarsee overheard House leaders lambasting the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) over the agency’s alleged failure to vet hundreds of billions of…
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Employees of the state-run People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI), also known as PTV4, have raised an alarm over what they described as a “toxic work…
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Until the cost of clinging to power becomes greater than the cost of stepping down, the Philippines will remain trapped in a cycle where public office is…
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The insertions were made in Congress, which means they couldn’t have been done by accident.
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Filipinos are not asking for seminars. They are asking why billions slipped through DBM’s watch, and who will be held accountable.
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More than financial oversight, the Securities and Exchange Commission should look into the issues raised to uphold fairness and ethical business practices.
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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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Vice President Sara Duterte said the government’s admission that a so-called “welfare check” was surreptitiously conducted on her father confirmed that the ICC…
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Curiosity turned to adversity for neighbors of 78-year-old billionaire Stephen Schwarzman when they realized why 30 tankers were delivering water to his estate…
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BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio City Council is set to dig deeper into the ongoing issues surrounding the renovation of the city’s tennis court and parking area.
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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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The process for selecting the next Ombudsman has become a controversial one, as two strong candidates face disqualification due to a technicality.
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Braving the midday heat and tight security, hundreds of protesters from across Luzon gathered near the gates of Malacañang on Sunday to denounce alleged…
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From its name, a tennis bar in East Village, New York City, obviously caters to fans of the sport.
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BAGUIO CITY — Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Saturday stood firm that the awarding of the renovation and parking project at the Baguio Athletic Bowl to a…
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BAUANG, La Union — The local government here says it has no knowledge of the hundreds of millions — if not billions — of pesos worth of controversial flood…
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PALO, Leyte — Police in Eastern Visayas say they’re ready to keep things safe and orderly for what’s shaping up to be the region’s biggest anti-corruption…
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