Senate panel approves P7.232-B Ombudsman budget for 2027
The Senate Committee on Finance has approved at the committee level the Office of the Ombudsman’s proposed ₱7.232-billion budget for 2027.
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The Senate Committee on Finance has approved at the committee level the Office of the Ombudsman’s proposed ₱7.232-billion budget for 2027.
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Electricity consumers could soon see lower power bills as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) prepares to remove the value-added tax on the allowable system…
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Metro Manila cannot be guaranteed to become completely flood-free despite billions of pesos invested in new catchments, pumping stations, and mitigation…
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The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 1962 on third reading Wednesday, barring relatives of government officials from entering into and securing…
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There are strong suspicions our authoritarian-enamored, cynical feudalistic/dynastic families, without ever admitting it, still harbor secularized notions of…
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The Senate unanimously approved on Wednesday a bill banning relatives of government officials from entering and securing contracts with the government.
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is preparing to remove the value-added tax (VAT) imposed on allowable system loss charges in electricity bills, a move…
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‘The image is not part of the record and does not establish that he wore such a device or received outside assistance. The chair therefore makes no finding…
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Escudero has reminded the Vice President that she is covered. Good. Now we wait to see what enforcement actually looks like.
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Some members of our legislature might also be wishing they were lawmakers in India, so they cannot be labeled ‘crocodiles,’ ‘betrayers,’ or ‘dictatorial.’
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Gatchalian family-backed Philippine Estates Corp. swung to an P89.12 million net profit in the second quarter of 2026, from a P4.18 million loss a year…
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Drilon is the rare public figure people still turn to for procedural common sense, because he has been on both sides of the bench — the senator who broke from…
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Filipino athletes are giving their best to make the country proud. The most our government officials can do is support them by giving them everything they need.
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Senator Alan Cayetano lashed out Friday at a “senator-judge-troll” whose purported penchant for repeated attacks in his political bailiwick, Taguig, was…
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Former Senate President Franklin Drilon warned Wednesday that a prolonged impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte could test the public’s patience and…
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Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito is pushing to pass Senate Bill 2, or the Masterplan for Infrastructure and National Development (MIND) Act,…
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Livestreamed for public viewing, the trial sometimes turns into a display in which the principles of law seem to be overshadowed by dramatics.
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A bill seeking to extend the terms of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) officials advanced at the Senate committee level on Monday, despite the…
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