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Business group urges open bicam budget deliberations

Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), an industry-led advocacy group, is calling for increased transparency, including open bicameral conference committee deliberations, in the final stages...

Marcos allegedly begs Congress: ‘P100-b pang-proyekto lang po’

“Nobody is even shocked anymore” Congratulations, Philippines: your President (the guy who literally writes the national budget before breakfast) reportedly turned into a bicam beggar...

Cutting through the noise: Why Zaldy Co’s allegations still lack proof

“If the President were behind the alleged anomalies, why would he be the one to unveil them?” I've been watching the political circus unfold following...

Palace defends unprogrammed appropriations in national budget

Malacañang on Wednesday said the government cannot fully scrap unprogrammed appropriations (UA), saying these funds are necessary for emergencies and unforeseen expenses. “That may not...

DICT eyes blockchain system to boost budget transparency

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is preparing to launch a prototype blockchain platform aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the...

PBBM vows to smoke out tainted inserts

MALACANANG on Monday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was not initially aware of the alleged P100-billion worth of individual insertions in the 2025 national...

DICT, lawmaker cite crucial value of blockchain tech

DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Henry Aguda and FPJ Panday Bayanihan party-list Rep. Brian Poe on Monday underscored blockchain technology as...

The web

"In the 2025 budget, the insertions on line items as well as unprogrammed appropriations resulted in the most corrupt budget in history" FACTS written about...

Angels and demons

"These investigations must not be allowed to take too long to conclude" THE PDAF congressional investigations of a decade ago was supposed to be the...

Prioritize education, healthcare in crafting budget measure—Poe

A PARTY-LIST lawmaker has called on his colleagues in the House of Representatives to “prioritize youth empowerment, education, student welfare, healthcare reform, and cybersecurity”...

Social welfare, labor budget up by P51b

A SUB-PANEL of the House Committee on Appropriations has approved proposals to increase funding for vital social welfare and employment programs by a combined...

The Disputed Nature Reserve Mask

This is an AI-generated cartoon with the prompt: Horizontal editorial cartoon. Pen-and-ink, bold hatching, caricature with allegory. Scene: A large theatrical mask labeled Nature...

MILF renews support for peace

WITH the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) set to hold its first parliamentary elections next month, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)...

Palace open to Chiz’s infra negative list proposal

Malacañang yesterday said it welcomed Senate President Chiz Escudero’s proposal for the government to draw up a “negative list” of infrastructure projects that should...
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