Solon questions House’s budget scrutiny exemption
As scrutiny of the proposed 2027 national budget officially began Monday, a lawmaker questioned the apparent exemption of the House of Representatives from…
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As scrutiny of the proposed 2027 national budget officially began Monday, a lawmaker questioned the apparent exemption of the House of Representatives from…
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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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Even assuming the guard had a legitimate reason to call the police, and the patrolman believed the sergeant’s firearm posed a danger, none of that gives a free…
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A proposed P107.4 billion flood control allocation in the Philippines' 2027 budget has drawn criticism from teachers as monsoon rains disrupt schools and…
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An accountant climbed into Nosy Tarsee’s peaceful tree abode last week with a folder and a grudge.
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In a single decade, the confidential and intelligence funds of one office grew more than thirteenfold, without any corresponding national threat serious enough…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday said it has stepped up real-time monitoring of government-funded local projects to…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent a year positioning himself as the exposer of “Floodgate,” not a subject of it, but the paper trail does not cooperate…
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Modern science promises longer, healthier lives through stem cell therapy, gene editing, regenerative medicine, and even the tantalizing prospect of anti-aging…
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By accurately pinning down some of our reprehensible political leaders as kleptocrats we’ll be better off. Calling them merely corrupt is too kind and cuddly.
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When they are opposed, these gods of our god-forsaken country take to social media to air their rage, their threats and their version of the truth.
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A certain solon somewhere in Metro Manila is reportedly charging the salaries of some staff members and consultants to a local government unit (LGU).
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Luck can reward either those who work for show, and those who work anyway even when no camera is pointed in their direction.
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In the glittering world of Philippine officialdom, where loyalty to the flag is expected of those serving the public, whispers continue to circulate about the…
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Democracy demands debate, but debate should produce clarity, not more confusion; accountability, not simply another cycle of outrage.
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) welcomes the Philippines’ first-place ranking in the Institute of International Finance’s (IIF) 2026 Investor Relations…
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Zamora said the prosecution’s witness schedule remains flexible because testimony, cross-examination and procedural objections could alter the planned sequence…
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