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DA accepts role to build farm-to-market roads

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has formally accepted the Senate’s challenge to take the lead in farm-to-market road (FMR) projects. a role long held...

Lawmakers grill VP Sara on frequent travels at OVP budget hearing

Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday presented the proposed P902.895-million budget of her office based on the approved 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) at...

Ejercito calls for restoration of P10 billion defense budget cut

Senate Majority Leader Joseph Victor Ejercito is advocating for the restoration of the P10-billion cut from the Department of National Defense (DND) budget, which...

Dela Rosa contests P10 billion cut from defense budget

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa called on the Senate to reinstate the P10 billion cut made by the House of Representatives to the P50-billion budget...

High dropout rates confront CHED during budget briefing

Senator Joel Villanueva sought clarification Tuesday from officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) concerning the rising number of college students who are...

VP Sara Duterte refuses to take oath, breaks House rules

Breaking the rules and traditions, Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday refused to take the oath, to tell the truth at the start of...

House panel launches full probe into DepEd’s alleged fund misuse under VP Sara

The House of Representatives Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability initiated an investigation into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) questionable fund utilization during...

House Special: ‘Pusit’, paella negra served at OVP budget hearing

Vice President Sara Duterte, whose evasiveness in explaining her office's expenses has been likened to "squid tactics," may have been absent in today's House...

VP Sara slams critics over spoiled brat comments

Vice President Sara Duterte refuted claims that she is a ‘spoiled brat,’ a label thrown at her following what some have described as entitled...

VP Sara Duterte denies misuse of confidential funds

Vice President Sara Duterte firmly denied any misuse of the P125 million in confidential funds of her office in 2022, saying allegations of such...

Lawmakers say Angara a huge upgrade for DepEd in contrast with VP Duterte

Lawmakers from the House of Representatives praised Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara for his performance during a nearly 12-hour Committee...

House panel starts P3.7-t budget hearing

The House of Representatives will begin deliberations on the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget  as scheduled on Tuesday, July 31,  Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Karlo...

Inclusion, not dole, urged

SENATOR Cynthia Villar has said social inclusion is a key component of putting an end to the country’s extreme poverty, stressing that mere dole...

JPE wants PNoy intel budget slashed

SENATE Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile on Monday sought the removal of the P250-million intelligence fund from the P2.82-billion proposed budget of the Office...
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