Monday, December 15, 2025
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Tag: National Budget

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...

Preventing wasteful spending a priority—DOF

The Department of Finance (DOF) has set out guiding principles for safeguarding public funds, with a top priority of preventing wasteful spending, an official...

House reaffirms inclusive, open budget deliberations

THE House of Representatives on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to an open, participatory and accountable national budget process, stressing that the Interim Guidelines on...

Swine epidemic

“Everybody has to be happy, COA and ‘mavens’ included, as long as the legislators get the biggest slice of the stinking pie, as Ping...

‘Senators may also be tied to botched infra’

Lacson: Insertions, kickbacks from flood control projects likely Senator Panfilo Lacson said some members of the Upper Chamber may also be tied to the controversy...

Lacson wants Congress to test budget without insertions

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday night proposed a one-year trial that would involve adopting the 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) in full to address...

Solon to DPWH chief: Mahiya ka naman, resign now

A lawmaker yesterday demanded the resignation of Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan amid perceived irregularities in flood control projects. "Mahiya ka naman (Shame on you)....

‘Include local officials in budget planning’

Senate President Francis Escudero on Wednesday recommended that governors and city mayors be invited to participate in public hearings on the proposed 2026 national...

DBM backs plan to livestream budget deliberations

The Department of Budget and Management on Saturday backed a proposal to livestream all congressional budget deliberations to promote transparency and public engagement. “I support...
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