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President Marcos said his administration is reducing discretionary powers in government and expanding digitalization to strengthen safeguards in the management of public funds and prevent corruption and waste. Speaking at the traditional Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP)...

The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) against exceeding the "statutory limitation" on disbursements for extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses (EME) or discretionary funds taken out of their collected real property taxes (RPTs).  It cited the case of...

If she becomes president, Vice President Leni Robredo is eyeing the reorientation of some P500-billion discretionary funds from different government agencies to finance her COVID-19 recovery plan, which some critics said was “ambitious.” Vice President Leni Robredo presents the details of her...