Transparent cheating?
Very radical. Your money — and you’re allowed to see where it went.
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Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on transparency.
United colors of politics
Anything that can strengthen the fight against corruption deserves serious consideration, whatever quarter it comes from.
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Tech CEO asks: What’s holding up CADENA Act?
Traxion Tech CEO Ann Cuisia urged the House to act on the proposed CADENA Act, which would give Filipinos digital access to searchable government budget and…
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Making the world smaller for the corrupt
For too long, agencies have treated information as something to guard rather than share. Records sit in one office away from the office that needs them. That…
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DPWH pledges full P644-B budget transparency
DPWH will publish documents, procurement requirements, and project updates on its transparency portal following House approval of its P644-billion budget.
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Watchers kept from the window
The allocations to the House grew by P1 billion to P3 billion annually between 2015 and 2021, then by P12 billion in 2023, P12.5 billion the following year,…
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Pork express rolls out
With the strong inclination to craft a pork barrel-packed proposal, the House’s own budget should have faced the most scrutiny.
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Group demands Causeway disclosure
Save Kankabatok Advocacy is demanding greater transparency from the DPWH over the P4.48-billion Tacloban Causeway project, citing concerns over community…
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House transparency zarzuela
The danger resurfaces: a budget assembled in a room with the lights off, then presented afterward as though it had always undergone a thorough and open process.
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CADENA: Unchained?
The Filipino people have heard enough promises of accountability after the fact. It is time to make accountability visible before the fact.
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Church leaders voice concern over mining
CMSP calls for government transparency, public consultation, and accountability in mining activities, citing environmental protection and community rights.
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Curiouser and curiouser
The bill already passed third reading in the Senate. That was seven months ago. It has also cleared committee in the House. It waits on just one more committee…
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Ejercito: Every budgeted peso must count
‘We do not want farm-to-market roads where there are no farms.’
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Sara demands Palace transparency on travels
Vice President Sara Duterte urged Malacañang to disclose all government travel authorities, expenses and public funds used for official trips, as the Palace…
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Solon questions House’s budget scrutiny exemption
Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco questioned why the House budget is exempt from pre-plenary hearings as lawmakers begin scrutinizing the proposed 2027 national budget…
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Now it’s phantom pork
The money did not vanish. It reappeared under the Local Government Support Fund, in a line called financial assistance to local government units worth P34…
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