Tag: Transparency
Romualdez wants civil society ‘observers’ to join budget hearings
SPEAKER Martin Romualdez and Tingog party-list lawmakers yesterday filed a resolution calling for the accreditation of “bona fide” people’s organizations to participate as non-voting...
Open bicam not a guarantee vs budget insertions – lacson
HOLDING “open” bicameral deliberations on the proposed national budget may not be a guarantee that insertions of “pork barrel” funds will not be made,...
Senate says it can’t provide impeach info sought by SC
THE Senate through its Office of the Legal Counsel yesterday told the Supreme Court that it cannot provide information that the latter is requesting...
Transparency
‘But the lack of transparency doesn’t start and stop with funds. Even the election of a new SupremePontiff can be as opaque as Russian...
Business groups decry budget insertions, call for transparency
Business groups have expressed concern about the substantial changes made in the 2025 budget, including more than P200 billion slashed from programmed allocations for...
