Remember the week-long rains last July 19 to 25 wherein the rainwater dumped was comparable in volume to Typhoons “Ondoy” and “Carina"? Surigao del Sur 1st district Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. identified this freak weather--with accounted for nearly one-third of Metro Manila’s annual average...
A group of education workers on Thursday, August 14, denounced the Marcos administration’s proposed P10.77 billion in confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) for 2026, branding them “pork barrel in disguise” and demanding their reallocation to education and social services. The Alliance of...
The House Committee on Appropriations has tentatively set its budget hearing on the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Sept. 12, with Vice President Sara Duterte 's chief-of-staff, lawyer Zuleika Lopez, pencilled to attend the proceedings. This was indicated on the tentative schedule shared...
Certain districts received unexpected budget increases, which were not part of the agency’s vetted priority list, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Thursday, Aug. 14. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the additional allocations—particularly in Oriental Mindoro and...
ILOILO CITY – Aside from flood control projects, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. also inspected the unfinished flyover that cost around P802 million during his visit to Iloilo. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) posted videos and photos of the convoy of Marcos passing along the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed the enactment of a landmark measure granting the judiciary full fiscal autonomy--a law that he says will further strengthen judicial independence and improve the delivery of justice across the nation. Approved by both the House of Representatives and the...
Malacañang has defended the proposed confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) of the Office of the President, saying that the President needs such funds as he is the chief of national security. "[T]andaan po natin, ito din naman po ay nanggaling sa DBM (Let us remember, and this also came from...
Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has assured that big-ticket foreign-assisted programs and projects will no longer suffer from delays, given the budget cover included in the proposed 2026 spending plan of the national government. For its part, aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency...
Scammers are targeting the public with fake text messages claiming to be from the Department of Health (DOH) and promising refunds for alleged hospital overpayments, the agency warned on Thursday, August 14. Recently, there have been reports of individuals receiving text messages claiming they...
Malacañang explained that the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) was not given a fresh allocation in the proposed 2026 national budget because nearly half of its 2025 funds remain unused. In a press briefing on Thursday, Aug. 14, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the...
The Philippines will continue its maritime and aerial patrols in the West Philippine Sea despite a new incident involving a Chinese fighter jet performing “dangerous maneuvering” against a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) aircraft, Malacañang said Thursday, Aug. 14. Communications Undersecretary...
President Marcos has already laid out the system in the investigation of corruption-ridden flood-control projects, thus he no longer needs to designate someone to lead it. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this on Thursday, Aug. 14, as a response to Baguio...
