2026 budget may hurdle House amid controversies
The House of Representatives is set to approve the P6.793-trillion proposed 2026 national budget today despite strong objections from minority lawmakers over…
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The House of Representatives is set to approve the P6.793-trillion proposed 2026 national budget today despite strong objections from minority lawmakers over…
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Advocates of zero UA suggest that instead of standby allocations, the government can propose a supplemental budget if it needs additional funds.
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Senate, House move to block inserted pork
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Following the decision of the House of Representatives to reject the amendment of Akbayan Representative Atty. Chel Diokno to reduce the P243 billion…
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The campaign to scrap unprogrammed appropriations from the proposed 2026 national budget is gaining significant traction, with Senate President Pro Tempore…
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If these items are truly part of the budget priorities, then they should be included in the programmed appropriations of their respective department’s budgets.
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Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday said the Senate is aiming for a “zero sum” approach to the 2026 national budget. In practical terms, this means…
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A decade after the Supreme Court struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), fears mounted…
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Amenah!? What you don’t have people? You’ve got thousands in your big offices, air-conditioning, coffee machines, and not one person to suspect P600 million…
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‘We should allocate more funds for the health of every Filipino,’ Go said. ‘When one family member is sick, the whole family suffers.’
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The defunding of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) has not discouraged the backers of the notorious program as members of the House of…
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The lower the ratio, the more limited the fiscal capacity becomes, which means a dependence on borrowings or foreign aid to raise funds for the yearly budget.
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The devious partnership was intended to revive the pork barrel system that the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional in a landmark 2013 decision.
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Senator Grace Poe said the Marcos administration has allocated P158.7 billion in unprogrammed appropriations in the proposed 2025 national budget as it expects…
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A party-list lawmaker advocating for senior citizens' rights on Friday appealed to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and the Budget…
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The Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday approved the 2023 proposed budget for the Commission on Audit and the Office of the Ombudsman, amounting to P13.8…
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