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214 days ago
'Re-enacted budget' prone sa korapsyon — watchdog
By James Relativo | 214 days ago
Nagbabala ang isang budget watchdog na malaki ang posibilidad na magamit sa maling paraan tulad ng panagangampanya ang re-enacted...
Bansa
5 dakma sa pot session
By Gary Bernardo | June 10, 2016 - 12:00am
Kalaboso ang binagsakan ng lima-katao makaraang maaktuhan ng mga operatiba ng pulisya sa pot session sa isang bahay na ginawang drug den sa Leen Street, Barangay Cut-Cut sa Angeles City, Pampanga noong Miyerkules...
Over a year ago
Probinsiya
Over a year ago
DBM releases 95% of 2015 budget
By Kathleen A. Martin | Over a year ago
The Department of Budget and Management has released 95.4 percent of this year’s budget for agencies to hasten spending...
Business
Over a year ago
Drilon: No hidden lump sums in budget
By Marvin Sy | Over a year ago
Allegations of hidden lump sums in the proposed P3.002-trillion national budget are crazy and unfounded, Senate President...
Headlines
P648.2 B ‘pork’ nasilip sa 2016 budget
By Gemma Amargo-Garcia | August 12, 2015 - 10:00am
Mayroon pa ring P648.2 bilyong halaga ng pork barrel sa ilalim ng 2016 proposed national budget.
Over a year ago
Bansa
Lawmaker: 2016 budget designed for corruption
By Jess Diaz | August 5, 2015 - 10:00am
The proposed P3.002-trillion national budget for 2016 was designed for “corruption” and “ramped-up election spending,” Kabataan party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said yesterday.
Over a year ago
Headlines
Ex-national treasurer calls on public to monitor budget
By Rhodina Villanueva | December 29, 2013 - 12:00am
Former national treasurer Leonor Briones urged the public to remain vigilant in monitoring lump sums and the approved general provisions in the bicameral appeal budget where vulnerabilities are still present.
Over a year ago
Headlines
P3.89 B of Noy’s ‘pork’ allotted for Zambo rehab
By Aurea Calica | September 21, 2013 - 12:00am
The P3.89 billion needed to rehabilitate Zamboanga City following the attack of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels will come from President Aquino’s lump sum funds that some sectors branded as the...
Over a year ago
Headlines
Bayan to Palace: We're not on the same side
By Dennis Carcamo | August 27, 2013 - 12:53pm
The thousands of protesters at Luneta last Monday and Palace are not on the same side on the pork barrel fund abolition, militant group Bayan said on Tuesday.  
Over a year ago
Nation
Gov't releases 75% of 2012 budget to perk up economy
By Iris Gonzales | July 18, 2012 - 12:00am
The Aquino administration has released P1.36 trillion or 74.9 percent of the P1.816-trillion 2012 national budget as of end-June, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said yesterday.
Over a year ago
Business
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