Dead dame tells no tales
Under the Cabral system, empty slots in the DPWH budget offered to legislators reached P401 billion in the last two budgets.
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Under the Cabral system, empty slots in the DPWH budget offered to legislators reached P401 billion in the last two budgets.
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On the surface, of course, there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with giving financial aid to the sick who literally have nothing but the clothes on their back.
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Cabral was implicated in the scandal primarily through the testimony of former DPWH Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee…
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Legislators wield significant influence over these programs, as they serve as the gatekeepers to medical assistance and other government services, such as…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified its Christmas season operations against errant vendors who disregard the agency’s Maximum Suggested Retail…
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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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‘I see the House of Representatives pulling his face and saying that only one out of five supports you.’
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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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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday dismissed allegations the Senate inserted a P17.9-billion pork barrel fund in the proposed 2026…
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It was observed that one ill effect of airing the process or livestreaming is that it disrupts how it functions and delays proceedings, as its members use the…
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As lawmakers continue Bicameral Conference talks on the proposed 2026 national budget, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday vowed that…
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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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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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