Bicam round 1: Pork barrel wins — BAYAN
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction with how lawmakers handled discussions on the proposed P6.7-trillion national budget…
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The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction with how lawmakers handled discussions on the proposed P6.7-trillion national budget…
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As lawmakers continue bicameral conference committee talks on the proposed 2026 national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday…
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Across the 2023, 2024, 2025 budgets, cuts in the NEP totaled P1.5 trillion, which were reallocated elsewhere.
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Africa said the problems in the economy right now aren’t about appeasing foreign investors or reacting to external pressures, but taking deliberate measures to…
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The Philippines has imposed an immediate ban on the importation of live pigs and pork-related products from Taiwan after authorities there confirmed an…
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Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, in a separate concurring opinion on the PhilHealth funds ruling, said the inclusion of…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson warned that allocable funds in the proposed 2025 national budget may be more troubling than the defunct pork barrel…
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A Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) data shows that Sarangani Representative Steve Solon obtained the largest share, averaging 2.76 billion…
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A DA inspection mission to Chile in June evaluated the country’s veterinary services, animal health systems, and food safety controls and confirmed that Chile…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has cleared 13 Chilean companies to export beef, pork, and chicken to the country to stabilize supply and protect consumers…
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Co revealed the pork cuts in the budget, stating in the letter the ‘tradition in budget allocation ratios’ of for every one unit allocated to the Senate, the…
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It doesn’t matter if the small fry and the facilitators in government, along with the conduits in the private sector, are removed, since the methods are…
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) can’t escape culpability for the perversion of the 2025 national budget, since it is responsible for releasing…
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A whopping P9.2 billion in unprogrammed appropriations (UA) was allocated for Visayas in recent budgets to bankroll flood control projects, with the lion’s…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set a minimum farmgate price of P210 per kilo for live hogs, after producers warned that plunging prices were pushing…
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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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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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