Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday, Sept. 16, slammed what he called “super substandard” and incomplete flood control projects in Bauang, La Union that were declared as completed in March this year. Dizon, joined by Baguio City Mayor and Independent...
Several flood control projects funded through congressional insertions were not subjected to its standard planning and technical review, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) disclosed on Thursday, July 31. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said these projects typically appear only...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) Oversight will be the overriding theme in the House of Representatives for the final stretch of the current 19th Congress, particularly on the matter of costly food and...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Oversight will be a key objective of the House of Representatives when it resumes plenary sessions on Monday, April 29. “Having effectively discharged our legislative...
House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd District Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe answering questions during a press conference (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Majority Leader Rep. Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe has encouraged his fellow...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) Expect the House of Representatives to shift its focus to the conduct of more oversight hearings this 2024. This, as Speaker Martin Romualdez noted that the 300-plus strong chamber has passed on third...
The Senate on Wednesday, September 6 convened the select oversight hearing on the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), programs and activities in a bid to address questions and criticisms regarding the huge amount of CIF allocations given to key government agencies under the proposed...
Legislators on Tuesday, August 1 expressed their disappointment on the huge amount of public funds the Philippine government is losing due to loan-funded projects that have until now remain unfinished. Former President and current Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo attends the Congressional...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) With a new budget season lurking around the corner, ranking House of Representatives members have begun to scrutinize the different government agencies on the proper...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a joint resolution seeking to extend the Congressional Oversight Committee of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 for another 10 years. Illegal drugs seized by authorities. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, November 21 sponsored Senate Resolution 302 creating a ‘’Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds (CIFs). The Senate minority group led by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III had questioned the necessity...
The creation of a Select Oversight Committee on Confidential and Intelligence Expenses will help ensure that agencies who are given confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) would be able to use this specific appropriation for the purpose it was intended for, Senate Committee on Finance chief Sen....
