Like the now notorious "ghost" flood control project in Bulacan, the two other flood control projects in the same province that President Marcos found to be substandard technically cannot be blamed on Congress insertions. This, after House Committee on Public Accounts Chairman Bicol Saro Party-list...
Calling it an undue and outdated burden on Filipinos, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez made a compelling pitch in plenary Tuesday night, Aug. 27 for Congress to do away with the travel tax, particularly for economy class airplane passengers. In a privilege speech, Rodriguez...
In the Philippines, heart disease remains the leading cause of death, claiming nearly 1 in 5 Filipino lives, which amounts to an average of 317 deaths every day, according to 2024 Department of Health data. The Philippine Heart Association also indicates that nearly half of these deaths occur as...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Aug. 18, 2025, as Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary and Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) Chair, I had the honor and privilege to brief the members of the House of Representatives on the ₱6.793...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government is seeking approval of a P916-million supplemental budget for 2024 that will provide gratuity pay to job order, casual, and contract of service employees, alongside funding for education, social services, and environmental programs. Under the proposal,...
Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Dave Gomez told the House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday night, Aug. 26 that they don 't hire social media "reactors" or vloggers just to make President Marcos look good. This, despite the stubborn insistence of SAGIP Party-list Rep....
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte raised concerns over what he described as the inhumane treatment of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who remains in the International Criminal Court detention facility at the age of 80. “He is 80-years-old, yet this is how the...
DAVAO CITY – Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte on Monday, Aug. 25, said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should be held accountable for alleged irregularities in multi-billion peso flood control projects, stressing that the Chief Executive sits at the top of the government chain of command....
Telecommunications giant Globe Telecom Inc. is taking a firm stance in opposing the Konektadong Pinoy Act, which recently lapsed into law, voicing its concerns against the law’s supposed “grave risks.” In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 26, the Ayala-led firm said it is concerned that the...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan said on Tuesday, Aug. 26 that he "absolutely" did not benefit from alleged anomalous or "ghost" flood control projects. "Absolutely, absolutely on my part….[I did not benefit]," Bonoan told reporters who caught up with him...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead counsel Nicholas Kaufman is seeking an audience with the Marcos administration to negotiate the return of the ex-chief executive to the Philippines. Kaufman, Duterte’s lawyer in his crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court...
House Committee on Public Accounts Chairman Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon made a crucial clarification about the flood control project in Bulacan that an angry President Marcos earlier tagged as a “ghost” project. According to Ridon, the project was not an insertion made during the...
