Tag: Transparency
Church commission calls for action vs corruption
SAYING there is an “unprecedented scale of corruption in government,” the social action arm of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday...
Senate panel set to subpoena 8 flood contractors
THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee yesterday approved the issuance of subpoenas to eight of 15 contractors who snubbed the panel’s hearing on alleged anomalous...
Withholding funds for govt programs a violation of budget law – Imee
SEN. Imee Marcos yesterday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should have vetoed, instead of withholding, appropriations for government programs in the 2025 national budget...
House panel rejects bid to expose insertions in 2025 national budget
NAVOTAS Rep. Toby Tiangco yesterday tried but failed to force the House Committee on Appropriations to release all the amendments introduced by the small...
OP gets P4.5B confidential funds in 2026 budget; Sara to get zero
THE Office of the President (OP) will again receive bulk of the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) under Malacañang’s proposed P6.793 trillion national for...
