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Don’t look at us.

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Ang proposed National Expenditure Program o budget ng Executive ay hindi walang kapintasan. Ma­rami itong kakulangan. Maging ang macroeconomic assump­tions nito ay madalas na pinagtatalunan ng mga eksperto. Hindi rin ganap na mapanlahok ang proseso ng paghahanda ng budget dahil kadalasan ay hindi kasama ang mga bata­yang sektor at civil society.

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A “pattern of padding” is evident in certain items in the National Expenditure Program, meant possibly to provide “fiscal space” for later budget insertions under a substantially reduced figure in the General Appropriations Act, according to ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio.

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Nanindigan kahapon si House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III na sasailalim sa mahigpit at masusing pagsusuri ang panukalang pambansang badyet para sa 2027 upang matiyak na bawat pisong ilalaan ng pamahalaan ay maghahatid ng konkretong benepisyo sa mamamayang Pilipino.

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Napaslang ang isang high ranking official ng mga rebeldeng New People’s Army (NPA) at isa pang mi­yembro ng kilusang komunista matapos makasagupa ang tropa ng militar sa magkakahiwalay na insidente sa lalawigan ng Bukidnon nitong Hunyo 21.

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Itinuro ni Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang P2.5 bilyong halaga ng “allocables” na inuugnay kay Sen. Imee Marcos sa 2025 National Expenditure Program.

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Mistulang bonanza umano, kinuwestiyon ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste ang pagtaas ng pondo na mahigit P2.2 bilyon mula sa orihinal na panukala sa kaniyang distrito sa ilalim ng 2026 national budget.

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Malacañang required reporters to surrender phones before covering the signing of the 2026 national budget.

 

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the 2026 national budget after days of reenactment.

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Dapat maging mas malinaw ang listahan ng mga infrastructure projects na pinopondohan sa ilalim ng National Expenditure Program, lalo na sa mga susunod pang taon.

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Don’t look at us.

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Ang proposed National Expenditure Program o budget ng Executive ay hindi walang kapintasan. Ma­rami itong kakulangan. Maging ang macroeconomic assump­tions nito ay madalas na pinagtatalunan ng mga eksperto. Hindi rin ganap na mapanlahok ang proseso ng paghahanda ng budget dahil kadalasan ay hindi kasama ang mga bata­yang sektor at civil society.

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A “pattern of padding” is evident in certain items in the National Expenditure Program, meant possibly to provide “fiscal space” for later budget insertions under a substantially reduced figure in the General Appropriations Act, according to ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio.

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Napaslang ang isang high ranking official ng mga rebeldeng New People’s Army (NPA) at isa pang mi­yembro ng kilusang komunista matapos makasagupa ang tropa ng militar sa magkakahiwalay na insidente sa lalawigan ng Bukidnon nitong Hunyo 21.

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Itinuro ni Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang P2.5 bilyong halaga ng “allocables” na inuugnay kay Sen. Imee Marcos sa 2025 National Expenditure Program.

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Mistulang bonanza umano, kinuwestiyon ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste ang pagtaas ng pondo na mahigit P2.2 bilyon mula sa orihinal na panukala sa kaniyang distrito sa ilalim ng 2026 national budget.

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Malacañang required reporters to surrender phones before covering the signing of the 2026 national budget.

 

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the 2026 national budget after days of reenactment.

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Dapat maging mas malinaw ang listahan ng mga infrastructure projects na pinopondohan sa ilalim ng National Expenditure Program, lalo na sa mga susunod pang taon.

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