
House leader blasts Marcos over UA misuse
Files petition challenging constitutionality before SC
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Files petition challenging constitutionality before SC
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If there is something a good number of Filipinos wish for our country this year, it is most probably reform, change in what sadly seems to be the new norm.
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Under Article VI, Section 27 of the Constitution, the President’s item veto of appropriations permanently deletes the vetoed items from the budget law.
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Governance issues create drag, making it harder for the Philippines to hit high growth, attract investments and achieve its broader economic goals, despite its…
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The UA was formalized after 1987 as a ‘matter of convenience’ to avoid the cumbersome special or supplemental appropriations bills required for contingencies.
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Patients seeking treatment in Department of Health (DOH)–run hospitals no longer need guarantee letters from politicians, as the government’s zero balance…
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Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen called for broad institutional reforms and bold public engagement to dismantle systemic…
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Two of the country’s biggest business organizations, the Makati Business Club (MBC) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), both hailed the…
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The Philippines has officially missed its annual growth target of 5.5 to 6.5 percent — which had already been revised downward midway through the year — by a…
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Budget watchdogs said a complaint before the Supreme Court is being prepared to challenge the constitutionality of the new budget.
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So when the President says he vetoed a few billion from the trillions in the latest proposed national budget, it is hard to feel comforted or assured.
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Besieged by public complaints over its failure to go after the big fish in the flood control projects scandal, the Marcos administration announced yesterday…
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In an increasingly competitive region, the Philippines cannot afford to let unresolved scandals define its investment narrative.
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What people are still waiting for are the big fish. The elected officials. The senators and congressmen whose names have come up repeatedly in testimony, leaks…
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What drives senators and congressmen to steal amounts one cannot spend in a lifetime?
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Controversial and jailed contractor Sarah Discaya will have her first day in court on Monday in Lapu-Lapu City, where beefed-up security will be deployed at…
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