WATCH: VP and @DepEd_PH Secretary Sara Duterte welcomed the move to discuss the legality of transferring funds. She expressed optimism that the "wisdom" of the Supreme Court will "finally resolve" the issue. (Video courtesy of DepEd) @manilabulletin https://t.co/ZdBrokJoRz...
(Manila Bulletin Photo) Majority of Filipinos support Congress' decision to reallocate confidential funds to agencies dealing with national security concerns, a survey conducted by OCTA Research revealed. In the survey results released on Tuesday, Nov. 7, OCTA found that 57 percent agree with...
Youth group Anakbayan on Monday, Nov. 6, called out Senate President Miguel Zubiri to make the people's benefit "secured" in the deliberation of the 2024 proposed national budget. Photo credit to Anakbayan This came after Zubiri said that the 2024 national budget would be passed by the first week...
The University of the Philippines Diliman University Council (UPD UC) on Monday, Nov. 6, condemned the government for allocation of funds to the Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) in the national budget for 2024. (UP Diliman) UPD UC said the House of Representatives' rejection of the...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, November 5 reiterated his stand that the Office of the President should be given zero intelligence funds under the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Pimentel insisted that departments or government...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that was submitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate Saturday, Nov. 4 contained P194.5 billion in...
Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Speaker's office) For Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., the recent OCTA survey was a referendum on whether or not...
The tirades of former president Rodrigo Duterte against members of the House of Representatives, including House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and the subsequent remarks made by Congress, show the “cracks” in the UniTeam tandem and signals the start of the preparation for the next elections, a...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Wednesday, Oct. 25 led farmer groups in echoing calls for the "full abolition" of the confidential intelligence funds (CIF) and "to rechannel" the budget for agricultural subsidies and social services. Photo credit to Pixabay According to the assembly's...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte turned combatant once again as he challenged the House of Representatives to “open the books,” referring to its financial documents, and accused its members of having pork barrel after the House removed Vice President Sara Duterte’s proposed multi-million...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Thriry-four congressmen coming from different political parties in the Visayan bloc have expressed their "unwavering and resolute support" for House Speaker Martin Romuladez's leadership amid the chamber's...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook, Malacañang photo) A one-time ally for former president Rodrigo Duterte has sided with House Speaker Martin Romualdez on the issue of confidential...
