Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Henry Aguda on Tuesday, November 25, said he has no knowledge about the alleged P6.5-billion inserted into the agency’s budget this year. Aguda made the remark in an interview at the sidelines of the Senate’s plenary...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, Nov. 18, rejected former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co’s allegations that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered ₱100 billion in budget insertions and received a supposed ₱25-billion “commission” from the amount. During the...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Friday, Sept. 19, that only P223 billion, or 22 percent, of the agency’s 2025 budget has been disbursed, which led to the enforcement of stricter reforms and tighter oversight of infrastructure projects. Speaking before...
Unspent budget for flood-control projects under the 2025 national budget will be reallocated to other priority sectors such as health and education, President Marcos said. This as he admitted that P225 billion of the P350 billion allotted for flood control in the 2025 national budget will not be...
The P450 billion congressional insertions in the 2025 national budget became the source of massive corruption in project approvals and implementation across the agency, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Rogelio Singson said. Singson made the statement in a...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Tuesday, July 29, pushed back against what he described as unfair and politically-motivated accusations against him on the subject of national budget amendments. In a press conference, Escudero said that these allegations wrongly equate the process of...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero emphasized on Tuesday, July 29, Congress’ constitutional role in shaping the national budget, and stressed that proposed allocations should not be treated as final simply because they originate from the executive branch. Escudero’s remarks came in...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero addressed recent allegations surrounding the supposed insertion of P142.7 billion in the 2025 national budget, calling the accusations politically motivated. “Madali namang sagutin basta may nagsasalita. Ang hirap makipag-debate kay sources. Mahirap...
Former vice presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez has strongly condemned Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero for the alleged P142.7-billion worth of insertions in the 2025 national budget. In a statement, the former lawmaker and spokesman of ex-vice president and now Naga City Mayor Leni...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson revealed that some lawmakers are receiving substantial "pork barrel" allocations worth billions. In an interview on One News late Wednesday, July 9, Lacson stated some members of the House of Representatives reportedly get up to ₱15 billion while some senators...
It is not true that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has no funds to provide services to Filipinos, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. graces the government's ‘Trabaho at Serbisyong Pangkalusugan sa Bagong Pilipinas’ in Antipolo City, Rizal on...
Malacañang urged Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong to support his allegations that the funds under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) were turned into election funds. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (PIO - Baguio City/NCO)...
