
2026 GAB passes on second reading
The Senate has scheduled the third and final reading on the measure on 9 December.
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The Senate has scheduled the third and final reading on the measure on 9 December.
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Why is the Philippines so obsessed about winning the gold medal in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games when the rest of Asia knows we are the United States of the…
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Artist Victoria-Maria Geyer portrays Jesus, Mary and Joseph with patchwork cloth lacking facial features.
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Crooks have gone to the extent of hiding their substandard projects in obscure areas of the country, including in a place in Kalinga inhabited by indigenous…
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The Senate assured the public that it remains on track with its timeline to pass the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), despite postponing the scheduled…
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A significant push to address the country’s classroom shortage is underway after the Senate Committee on Finance announced Wednesday that the proposed 2026…
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The brave words of legislators to remove all lump sums from the 2026 national budget that were convertible to the pork barrel failed to hold after Senate…
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‘It’s no longer enough for agencies to simply say they’re doing well, they need to show it.’
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‘This is what I was saying as early as January — there were 28 blank items spanning 13 pages in the bicameral conference report of the 2025 GAA.’
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In the case of young appointees, I am not a fan of promoting them to positions of power without the wisdom, experience, education, and training required of…
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If democracy had a sense of humor, it would look like Kiko Barzaga, while you are discovering, very painfully, that censorship is the last refuge of those who…
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Has the unutilized P60 billion really been reallocated to PhilHealth through the 2026 national budget? The poor and the sick are asking: ‘Please check.’
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Most Filipinos have not felt the effects of development, and now that growth seems to be fading, they are not likely to feel them much more.
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The former strongman’s lawyers are keeping their hopes alive even after their client’s appeal was rejected.
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Dr. Leilani Lacuna, the sister of former Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna, filed a graft and usurpation complaint against current Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno”…
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Immigration agents in the United States continue to aggressively pursue illegal aliens for deportation. While they face hostility from liberal groups, they are…
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The Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) brought the Guro, Pulis, Sundalo na may Galing, Puso, at Sigasig (GPS²) outreach program to Batanes to address the…
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Community health centers long relied on handwritten charts and logbooks, a system that slowed patient care and strained already cramped facilities. To address…
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