Manufactured hero
He has used the authority sparingly, and mostly on items that were already indefensible, not on every project that bled the GAA dry.
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He has used the authority sparingly, and mostly on items that were already indefensible, not on every project that bled the GAA dry.
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The perversion of Congress was at its worst after the Marcos administration took over, where pork projects became a commodity.
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Either the paperwork behind a P450-billion swing in the budget never existed or it exists and Congress has been withholding it from the Court reviewing its…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded oral arguments on the consolidated petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Congress and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to account for documents supporting changes made during…
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Raul Villanueva on Tuesday clarified that the petitions against portions of the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) do not…
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Mang Inasal, the Philippines’ grill expert, marks National Mang Inasal Pork BBQ Blowout Day on 8 July with a two-stick Pork BBQ Meal (with rice and spiced…
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Families of victims of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-illegal drug campaign on Friday urged the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the…
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The amount remains far below the P1,312 daily living wage estimated by IBON Foundation for a family of five.
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That is what makes this case so difficult. One side says humanity was violated. Another says humanity was being protected.
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The Supreme Court must preempt a scheming Congress before the bad habits resume.
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Filipinos can now monitor the actual disbursement of funds for government projects after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Friday launched the…
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The Supreme Court (SC) has consolidated separate petitions questioning the constitutionality of the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), including challenges…
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The Bicameral Conference Committee amended the budget bill and left blanks in its report, thereby offering what amounted to a blank check for pork barrel…
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Among the issues the SC is asked to resolve is the nature of Unprogrammed Appropriations and how far Congress and the executive can stretch it.
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Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo has credited President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for what she described as an aggressive housing campaign, saying the national…
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Russia signed the Rome Statute in 2000 but never ratified it to become a member of the ICC, and in 2016 it finally withdrew its signature.
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Without congressional authorization on the funds, even fully disbursed foreign loans sit inert.e
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