Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshots from Zoom) Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has fired back at Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman for questioning before the Supreme Court (SC) the additional...
Camarines Sur 3rd district Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 3rd district Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr.'s "signing" of the petition that sought to junk the additional P449.5-billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said on Wednesday, Jan. 3 that he is targeting to file his petition before the Supreme Court (SC) on the unconstitutionality of the additional P450-billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024 national budget this week. "The target is this week but...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Facebook) Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman says that the recently enacted P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 is constitutionally infirm and therefore must be...
From left to right: Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr., House of Representatives main building, House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN, Speaker's office) The year 2023 came and went, but not without a...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos' decision to keep the unprogrammed funds in the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 is a "laudable Christmas gift to all Filipinos". Thus, said Ako Bicol...
It is a settled issue. This was how President Marcos reacted about the deletion of confidential funds from the 2024 national budget which affects the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA...
Former Senator Franklin Drilon Instead of spending for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), the government should direct public funds towards feeding malnourished children, former Senate president Franklin Drilon said. Drilon made the call during a feeding and...
Former lawmaker and University of the Philippines law professor Barry Gutierrez believes that the transfer of P125 million in confidential funds to Vice President Sara Duterte can be grounds for her impeachment. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and UP law professor Barry Gutierrez...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of OVP) After Vice President Sara Duterte told House members what they shouldn't do, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro told the Vice President what she thought she should do. This as Castro, the House...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has passed on second reading the measure that seeks to provide an additional criterion for the availment of unprogrammed appropriations, amendimg for the purpose the current 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or national...
With former president Rodrigo Duterte hinting that a Duterte-Duterte tandem in the 2028 national elections could be imminent, Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 21, assured that their family will fully support the former chief executive’s political plans. (From left) Former president...
