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AKAP not pork barrel, list vetted by DSWD

The Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is not pork barrel and neither are barangay officials responsible for the list of AKAP...

Gatchalian: AKAP not pork barrel as social workers vet beneficiaries

The Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is not pork barrel and neither are barangay officials responsible for the list of AKAP...

DSWD chief clarifies that AKAP is not pork barrel

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) firmly rejected allegations that the P26 billion allocated for the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita...

Was AMLC negligent in dismissed pork barrel case?

The Filipino people don’t expect AMLC to lose the cases that it files. But lose this case it did—and in an unpardonable way. In a...

Enrile acquitted of plunder rap

Sandiganbayan also clears Napoles, Reyes of P172-m PDAF scam Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and two co-accused were acquitted of the P172-million plunder case filed...

Escudero pledges ‘pork-free’ government budget for 2025

Senate President Francis Escudero promised that the proposed national government budget for 2025 would no longer feature questionable “insertions.” In an interview over radio DWIZ Saturday,...

Ex-Bukidnon solon, cohort face 70 years in jail for PDAF scam

A former congressman from Bukidnon and a private individual face up to 70 years in prison for misuse of the politician’s pork barrel in...

Pimentel flags P544b lump-sum fund under DPWH as pork barrel

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday flagged P544 billion in lump-sum appropriations lodged under the Department of Public Works and Highway...

‘P10-billion not enough for companies hit by COVID’

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon yesterday questioned the inadequacy of the P10 billion allocation for assistance to companies in danger of insolvency due to...

Enrile staff asks for release

The former chief of staff of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has asked the Supreme Court for help for her possible release from...

Dismissal of Social Welfare officials upheld

The Court of Appeals has upheld its dismissal of three former officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development for their involvement in...

No such thing as a pork-free budget

"This is because lawmakers are allowed to engage in the business of project identification."   Over the years, it appears to have become obligatory for the...

A national budget has three parts

"A national budget has three parts"   The chamber of Congress authorized by the Constitution to initiate money measures, the House of Representatives, is now on...

Villar: No ‘pork’ in DPWH budget

The proposed P667 billion public works budget for 2021 is devoid of pork barrel or lump sum appropriations, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said...
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