Blue Ribbon Committee suspended 'until further notice'
The Blue Ribbon Committee hearing next week is suspended, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson confirmed on Saturday, 4 October.
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The Blue Ribbon Committee hearing next week is suspended, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson confirmed on Saturday, 4 October.
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Every peso lost to fraud is a peso denied to communities left vulnerable to climate change and rising flood risks.
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‘I did not know the Discayas, and that was the first and only time outside of the Blue Ribbon Committee hearings that I met them.’
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Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday dismissed a video circulating online that appears to show him criticizing the Senate’s leadership,…
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Duterte faces three counts at the ICC for his alleged role in orchestrating a death squad responsible for the killings of individuals suspected of using or…
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Aside from members of Congress, Malacañang also shares the blame for the alleged large-scale corruption scheme in the fraudulent flood control projects for…
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The Senate should consider turning over its investigation into the alleged anomalies in flood control projects to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure…
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‘Nothing happened. It’s like they covered it up. They weren’t even invited. I don’t understand why.’
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The Senate finance subcommittee on Monday swiftly approved the P902.895-million proposed budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for the 2026 fiscal…
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III clarified the misconception that funds for “amended or inserted” projects pass through the Senate.
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While not necessarily illegal nor evil, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said that budget insertions are often abused by lawmakers.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Monday defended the practice of budget insertions as part of the legislative mandate by Congress but…
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Senator Rodante Marcoleta said he has not been in contact with Orly Guteza, who stood as one of the witnesses during the recent Senate Blue Ribbon hearing on…
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A former chairman of a village in Sampaloc, Manila has been sentenced to up to 16 years in prison for the unauthorized encashment of more than P200,000 in…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson revealed on Sunday that almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for…
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Wary budget watchdogs believe that a new small committee has been created in the House of Representatives in the guise of a body called the Budget Amendments…
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said almost every senator in the 19th Congress was involved in budget insertions for 2025, describing the…
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The revelations in the Senate described the actors’ insatiable greed and zero risk aversion to being caught.
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