THE P6.8-trillion budget for 2026 bolsters pork barrel politics over the systemic social and economic transformation needed for true national development, according to a private think tank. According ...

MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Ralph Recto on Monday maintained that the P6.7 trillion national budget for 2026 is ...

Lawmakers on Monday welcomed the P6.793-trillion budget for fiscal year 2026, with Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III ...

Malacañang on Monday insisted that the P6.97-trillion national budget for 2026 is “pork-free,” amid concerns from some ...

The pork debate is not just about money; it is also an opportunity for reform that will define the broader trajectory of fiscal governance” Last Monday, ...

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday said the 2026 PHP6.793-trillion national budget is free from pork barrel provisions, stressing ...

THE retention of more than P300 billion worth of pork barrel–like funds in the 2026 national budget is a missed opportunity for the government to curb corruption and patronage politics, according to a ...

It’s the presence of giniling or soft pork barrel funds in the 2026 national budget that Sen. Imee Marcos said made her ...

A group of education workers on Wednesday, January 7, branded the Marcos administration’s 2026 national budget as “Binigong Pilipinas,” criticizing ...

In late 2024, public outrage over accusations that Vice President Sara Duterte had misused P612.5 million in confidential ...

Earlier this year, the Ohio legislature, while stinting in its support of public schools, agreed to spend about $965 million this fiscal year, and about $1.05 billion in the year that’ll begin July 1, ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law this year’s P6.793 trillion national budget, vetoing almost P92.5 billion in ...