P100B insertions traced to ‘almost all’ senators
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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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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Wary budget watchdogs believe that a new small committee has been created in the House of Representatives in the guise of a body called the Budget Amendments…
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Department of Health-Central Luzon (DOH-CL) has mobilized medical teams to support more than 400 families sheltering in…
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Pangilinan underscored the urgency of addressing what he described as ‘alarming gaps’ in higher education access.
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During a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) budget hearing on 24 September, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go urged the government to allocate…
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The proposed 2026 budget for the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) flood control programs has dropped by a third, from P3.8 billion this year…
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Both chambers of Congress have expressed support for allocating an additional P12.3 billion to the country’s 113 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the…
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Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Legarda Leviste is at the forefront of efforts in the House of Representatives to secure additional funding for…
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Approximately seven million families risk losing assistance due to the budget cut for the program and zero funding for the once-controversial ‘Ayuda sa Kapos…
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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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Among the many ways the 2025 national budget was waylaid, according to a budget watchdog, was through the manipulation of the flagship poverty reduction…
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The report noted that when off-budget insertions and discretionary funds are included, total flood-related outlays for 2025 could reach P496 billion, nearly…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Monday blamed Congress for the “original sin” behind the widespread corruption and failure of flood control…
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If we really intend to do justice to the Filipino people who are the victims of the band of crooks and criminals at the House of ‘Representathieves,’ all those…
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Senators on Friday weighed in on the importance of cultural heritage and raised concerns about funding for a key institution during a budget hearing.
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