Unearth rotten pork
Outlawing the pork barrel in the yearly budget, however, resulted in the unlimited creation of discretionary funds hidden in budget insertions.
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Outlawing the pork barrel in the yearly budget, however, resulted in the unlimited creation of discretionary funds hidden in budget insertions.
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My apologies for changing one of the words from the iconic nursery rhyme because the stars in today’s column is all about the one who fell from Philippine…
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Demand for report ends in stalemate
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For Marcos, AKAP is not merely a line item to strike out; it is a litmus test.
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'He feels as if he's a perfect guy; he can't even return to the Philippines! He's meddler, always right
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The House Committee on Appropriations could go as far as proposing budget cuts to agencies with low utilization rates to fund the chamber’s so-called pet…
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The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) has branded the controversial “Thuoc Lao” cigarette, locally called “Tuklaw,” as an illicit tobacco product that has…
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The defunding of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) has not discouraged the backers of the notorious program as members of the House of…
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I can imagine how Pokwang must have been the most beautiful woman that night of the GMA gala – even if she wasn’t in the affair. Clad in an apron, her evening…
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Evangelista feels that she has since moved on from her past conflicts.
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Michole Sorela of the Gensan Warriors is facing legal charges after punching Jonas Tibayan of the Mindoro Tamaraws during their Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball…
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‘This is not a retaliatory statement nor a political maneuver. Rather, it is a sincere attempt to set the record straight.’
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Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival and Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro have asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Central Visayas for a list…
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The DPWH doesn’t consistently release completion reports or performance ratings, and the Commission on Audit’s yearly reports rarely name contractors unless a…
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The GAA, as a general law, cannot amend the Sin Tax Law, a special edict that earmarks funds for PhilHealth.
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a new controversy for producing a deepfake of an American teenager killed in a school mass shooting in 2018.
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Under the provisions of the law, the fund should be automatically and regularly provided to PhilHealth, but it received a zero allocation.
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