PDIC perversion continues
How did the proponents of the maneuver to tap Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) to revive the pork barrel manage to raise funds for these standby items, despite…
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How did the proponents of the maneuver to tap Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) to revive the pork barrel manage to raise funds for these standby items, despite…
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Sinabi ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste na mas may impluwensya si dating Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Maria…
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The controversy surrounding the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) reflects the great divide between government assurances of fiscal reform and the public…
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‘As long as we all remain vigilant in guarding against the abuse of public funds, we can always be hopeful that things can change for the better.’
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The Marcos Jr. administration has been placed in an ugly situation. To many people, the fault lies with the Secretary of Finance, who issued DoF Circular…
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In the Marcos budgets, however, the UA mutated into a receptacle to allow the insertion of the pork barrel in the budget with guaranteed funding.
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The P60 billion in excess PhilHealth funds, recently ordered returned by the Supreme Court to the state insurer, were funneled to the contentious unprogrammed…
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A P40 million partial return from an alleged P150 million in flood control project kickbacks was made by former Department of Public Works and…
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We have been here before, of course. When questions about these funds first surfaced, the Vice President’s go-to shield was ‘national security.’
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House Deputy Minority Leader Leila de Lima said on Monday she will demand concrete proof from Ramil Madriaga, the self-styled “bagman” who has accused Vice…
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Justice Hernando’s position is direct and uncompromising. Unprogrammed appropriations, he argues, are unconstitutional in any form.
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Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday criticized the filing of plunder and graft complaints against her and 15 other officials, calling it “another fishing…
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Stacks of documents — piled nearly as high as the tables they rested on — were delivered to the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday, as the complainants filed…
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Multiple piles of documents were submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday in connection with complaints, including plunder, against Vice President…
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When government sweeps these funds into the Treasury, the State disrupts the delicate social contract between the citizen and the health system.
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Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced the release of more than P143 million in long-pending and newly allocated funds to the city’s 896…
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