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The emerging reality is that this budget will be devoid of the promised reforms after the massive corruption that perverted the past three Marcos General…
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The emerging reality is that this budget will be devoid of the promised reforms after the massive corruption that perverted the past three Marcos General…
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Senator Christopher “Bong” Go visited the Balay Pahulayan facility of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City on December 31 to check on…
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Groups seeking to uphold the dignity of the budget process have urged the “Floodgate” probers not to shoot the messenger but to focus instead on the content of…
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‘This issue should be resolved through a single, clear narrative.’
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With the P6.793-trillion 2026 national budget now signed and entering implementation — amid renewed calls for transparency and fiscal discipline — and with…
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Most doctors do not price care in a vacuum. Professional fees reflect years — often decades — of training, specialization, continuing education and…
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Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday slammed the “railroading” of the ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on…
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The Philippine Senate in 2025 pursued a legislative agenda that aligned with priority policy areas identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory…
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For 2026, P250 billion in UA has been proposed, which watchdogs have linked to anomalous projects that prioritize vested interests over essential services like…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spent New Year’s Eve at Malacañang, a detail underscored by Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro in what appeared…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced hospital owners and administrators to the Securing and Expanding Capital for Hospital Entrepreneurs…
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There’s little room for them to insert themselves or receive kickbacks from big-ticket infrastructure projects, so it’s not a priority for legislators.
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Marcos is accountable for manipulating the budgets since the start of his term, primarily by being complicit in the use of Unprogrammed Appropriations to build…
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Neophyte Congressman Javier Miguel Benitez of Negros Occidental said the ratified P6.7-trillion 2026 national budget was designed with stronger safeguards to…
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The proposed spending plan for 2026, while more ‘orderly,’ still has huge provisions for the pork barrel through the unprogrammed appropriations, which…
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Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday said the responsibility now shifts to the Executive branch following the Senate’s ratification of the proposed…
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The long-awaited 2026 National Budget sailed through the House of Representatives in record time on Monday — less than a minute from start to finish. A chorus…
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House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Mikaela Suansing strongly denied Monday an imputation by her colleague, Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste, that…
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