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The 2025 budget of the Philippines, described as the most corrupt in history, overflowed with congressional insertions.
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The 2025 budget of the Philippines, described as the most corrupt in history, overflowed with congressional insertions.
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The latest labor statistics show employment contracting by 277,000 year-on-year to 49.27 million, while unemployment grew by 590,000 to 2.25 million in…
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A week after the national budget for 2026 was signed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., budget watchdogs said the spending plan remains laden with pork.
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Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio on Wednesday slammed the Department of Public Works and Highways’ so-called…
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) issued a public warning Tuesday against online “romance scams” after a woman reported being targeted by fraudsters who used the…
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The Bureau of Customs (BoC) issued a warning Tuesday against a fraudulent “Warrant of Seizure and Detention” circulating online that falsely claims authorities…
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A considerable portion involved foreign-assisted projects, for which the government is required to provide counterpart funding.
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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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As online scams become more sophisticated, GCash is reminding users to strengthen their digital safety habits, warning that many fraud schemes still rely on…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Sunday flagged what he said were P2.5 billion worth of “allocables” linked to Imee Marcos in the 2025 National…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday said it has not received any affidavit or formal statement from former Department of Public Works and Highways…
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When the theft is this bold and the suffering is this real, silence isn’t neutrality. It’s siding with the thief because speaking up is messy and inconvenient.
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Under Article VI, Section 27 of the Constitution, the President’s item veto of appropriations permanently deletes the vetoed items from the budget law.
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The UA was formalized after 1987 as a ‘matter of convenience’ to avoid the cumbersome special or supplemental appropriations bills required for contingencies.
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Budget watchdogs said a complaint before the Supreme Court is being prepared to challenge the constitutionality of the new budget.
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Debt service receives the ‘first cut’ of the budget, as it is funded first from available revenues, before allocations to agencies for programs such as…
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What drives senators and congressmen to steal amounts one cannot spend in a lifetime?
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'We urge everyone to stay alert and never give out money or personal details to anyone claiming to be a government official.'
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