WB upgrade rings hollow — workers
The amount remains far below the P1,312 daily living wage estimated by IBON Foundation for a family of five.
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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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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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After the SC struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund in 2013, the crooks in government became innovative. They devised ways for discretionary…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the House of Representatives and the Senate to submit supporting documents explaining hundreds of billions of pesos in…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued oral arguments on the constitutionality of unprogrammed appropriations, with justices probing whether the budget…
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The Senate faction aligned with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is reportedly pushing through with its flood control investigation on Tuesday — in a hearing to be…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday inspected earthquake-hit areas in Sarangani and assured residents that government assistance and recovery programs are…
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Counsel for the petitioners observed that ‘UAs ballooned to a very high amount compared with the years before 2024,’ revealing a transformation in how…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday subjected the government's unprogrammed appropriations system to intense scrutiny, with several justices and experts questioning…
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When wisdom is paid only lip service while the substance of a decision is demonstrably unwise, it ceases to be wisdom at all.
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