
Marcos vetoes nearly P92.5B in unprogrammed funds in 2026 budget
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday vetoed several items under the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) totaling nearly P92.5 billion in the proposed 2026…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday vetoed several items under the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) totaling nearly P92.5 billion in the proposed 2026…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed the P6.793-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, enacting the national budget into law as…
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Senator Imee Marcos has clarified her earlier controversial remark describing portions of the proposed 2026 national budget as “giniling,” saying her criticism…
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Senator Imee Marcos has raised concerns over the sweeping removal of flood control funding in the proposed P6.793-trillion 2026 General Appropriations Act…
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Pinuna ng mga opposition lawmakers sa House of Representatives nitong Huwebes ang tinawag nilang “railroading” o pagmamadali sa pagpasa ng Bicameral Conference…
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President Marcos Jr. is set to sign the 2026 General Appropriations Bill on Monday, 05 January 2026, with a stern warning from a minority leader that it could…
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Two civil society coalitions have urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to veto, conditionally implement, or subject to strict citizen monitoring more than…
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By honoring Rizal, Mr. Marcos reaffirmed a narrative of nationalism grounded on relevance.
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The emerging reality is that this budget will be devoid of the promised reforms after the massive corruption that perverted the past three Marcos General…
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Groups seeking to uphold the dignity of the budget process have urged the “Floodgate” probers not to shoot the messenger but to focus instead on the content of…
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‘This issue should be resolved through a single, clear narrative.’
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Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday slammed the “railroading” of the ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on…
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For 2026, P250 billion in UA has been proposed, which watchdogs have linked to anomalous projects that prioritize vested interests over essential services like…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spent New Year’s Eve at Malacañang, a detail underscored by Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro in what appeared…
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The Philippine Senate in 2025 pursued a legislative agenda that aligned with priority policy areas identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory…
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There’s little room for them to insert themselves or receive kickbacks from big-ticket infrastructure projects, so it’s not a priority for legislators.
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Marcos is accountable for manipulating the budgets since the start of his term, primarily by being complicit in the use of Unprogrammed Appropriations to build…
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