From hard to soft pork
The realignment raised the total allocation for these two programs in the House-approved bill to P86.4 billion.
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The realignment raised the total allocation for these two programs in the House-approved bill to P86.4 billion.
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The P60 billion ordered returned to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must be retained in the 2026…
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The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee may soon wrap up its investigation into the fund irregularities in flood control projects, according to Senate President Pro…
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The Metro Manila Subway lost P26 billion in programmed funds while the North-South Commuter Railway was stripped of P31 billion, causing their delay.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday revealed that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is set to invite a “very important witness” whose…
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Senator Panfilo Lacson clarified on Monday, 4 November 2025, that his request for a copy of the September 25 CCTV footage was not intended to monitor or “spy…
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Returning Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Senator Ping Lacson said Tuesday that the testimony of his “very important witness” could potentially bring the…
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The P60 billion returned to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), as ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., must be retained in the…
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The Department of Education (DepEd) is calling for the fulfillment of the constitutional mandate to keep education the highest budgetary priority, arguing that…
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‘Grand conspiracy’ behind Congress insertions bared
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When Marcos said that ‘no matter what you do, they will find ways to fool the government,’ he sounded less like a reformer than a man resigned to failure.
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Senator Robinhood Padilla on Monday, 3 November, called on his colleagues to “stay calm” and trust the leadership of Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Senator…
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A lawmaker is urging the government to divert a portion of the proposed P49-billion budget for the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated…
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The lawmaker was apparently referring to, among others, the President’s cousin, former Speaker Martin Romualdez, who had been accused of receiving billions of…
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The strategy is to clip the pork barrel to a relatively modest amount compared to the voracious numbers in the 2024 and 2025 national budgets.
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“How much more fakery can we take?”
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Senator Loren Legarda has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to conduct a comprehensive review of questionable infrastructure projects in…
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The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ruled that the signature on “surprise witness” Orly Guteza’s affidavit was not that of the lawyer listed as the…
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