The sought P10.733 billion confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under the proposed P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2027 is lower by 8.8 percent compared to the current 2026 budget. Thus, bared Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon...
The country is once again mired in flood. As usual. The rains come, roads disappear, commuters get stranded, homes and businesses take in water. We are all familiar with the scenario. Then we hear about flood control. Again. We have been hearing about it for years. Billions have been allocated....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, Aug. 10, said it has P6 billion in standby funds and more than 4.98 million family food packs (FFPs) prepositioned nationwide as it continues to assist those affected by the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat’ and tropical...
The House prosecution panel is blaming Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team for puportedly "slowing the pace" of the impeachment trial--whether by design or not. Private prosecutor Benjamin "Jay" Tolosa Jr. was referring to the situation surrounding their current witness on the stand,...
Are Vice President Sara Duterte 's lawyers purposely throwing rank-and-file employees of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd) under the bus regarding article I or the confidential funds misuse allegation? Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and the rest...
' The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is preparing to investigate an unnamed government agency over a possible “big-time corruption” scheme involving public funds. In an interview on DWIZ on Saturday, Aug. 8, the panel 's chairman, Senator Erwin Tulfo, says the committee is still in...
In over four years, Vice President Sara Duterte showed no sincerity to properly liquidate the P612.5 million in confidential funds that were released to offices under her control--specifically the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd). Thus, said House impeachment...
Private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan-- arguably one of the breakout stars in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial --has asked a question that seemingly places the respondent between the devil and the deep blue sea when It comes to proving the legitimacy of acknowledgment...
State-run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is intensifying efforts to recover ₱107 billion remitted to the national treasury to rebuild its deposit reserve cushion even as executives maintain operational targets remain intact despite the reduced capital base. PDIC President and Chief...
The "confidential funds saga" of Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial promises to get even more interesting. This, after lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro informed the Senate impeachment court that two former aides of the...
House Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V hilariously assumed on Wednesday, Aug. 5 that all informants of impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte were sickly or had an ailment of some sort. This was Ortega 's sarcastic commentary to testimony coming out of...
Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, August 5, ordered the defense panel of Vice President Sara Duterte to again review the documents submitted by the House prosecution panel pertaining to her alleged misuse of confidential funds. This,...
