Defying the calls of 72 medical and health care organizations, and despite the corruption scandal surrounding the budget process, lawmakers retained the so-called health pork barrel in the 2026 ...

Malacañang on Wednesday said providing funds to local government units (LGUs) should not be considered a form of pork barrel.

Two Greater Cincinnati congressmen made some out-of-character decisions when it comes to earmark money this year.

MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Levi Baligod, the private complainant in the pork barrel scam case against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, on Tuesday alleged that up to P800 billion in cash was ...

But Morgan Jackson, a political adviser to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, said the results were not about “party purity.” ...

“Allocable” began to emerge in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) budget after the original pork barrel—Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)—that explicitly allocated millions ...

MANILA, Philippines — Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Wednesday dismissed ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio’s claims that the release of multibillion-peso local government support funds ...

Malacañang rejected claims that the recent Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) release was a venue to distribute pork barrel funds to influence ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang’s program for local government units (LGU) which was attended by local executives and even members of the opposition was merely a venue to distribute “pork”, ACT ...

So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced ...