MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to rule “as early as ...

MANILA, Philippines — A mainstay in the national budget for years, the unprogrammed appropriations may have to be removed in the 2026 budget program to ensure “immediate funding” for projects, Senate ...

IF corruption in government is a disease, a bloated budget is a sponge that hosts viruses and dregs. A government that lives above its means provides the perfect cover for thieves in dapper suits, ...

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MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III insisted on Friday that unprogrammed appropriations (UAs) are “constitutionally valid” based on previous rulings of the Supreme Court.

MANILA, Philippines—Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to decide on the case ...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday that it would have been possible to totally remove contentious unprogrammed appropriations in the 2026 national budget if it was done during the crafting of the ...

MALFEASANCE in government is a tenacious metastasis, the cure for which does exist. It is as old as, in the Philippine context, the pillage and a brutal tax load imposed on Indios during the Spanish ...