MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has opted to reschedule Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s trial for his remaining graft case, which involved the alleged diversion of more than P200 million in pork barrel funds, to March 10 and April…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Bayan Central Visayas, the regional chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, has expressed strong condemnation over the P55.77 billion in Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) infrastructure funds received by Cebu lawmakers from…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Eleven present and former Cebu congress representatives collectively received P83 billion “new pork barrel” funds from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) starting from 2023 to 2025, the Philippine Center for…
MANILA. Philippines — Looks like Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is not exactly safe with the Sandiganbayan on the alleged misuse of his discretionary public funds or pork barrel after the court rejected his plea to dismiss his remaining…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s legal team is set to go after groups or individuals behind the spread of alleged misinformation about him. The lawmaker is particularly running after persons who supposedly talked about…
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan cleared businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of 16 counts of graft in connection with the alleged anomalous use of Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s pork barrel fund, but convicted her on separate charges for…
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former Bukidnon Rep. Candido Pancrudo Jr. for graft and malversation for his alleged misuse of P7.9 million worth of pork barrel allocations. At the same time, the antigraft court’s…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan has junked the motions for reconsideration that former Cebu representatives Clavel Martinez (Fourth District), Paz Radaza (Lapu-Lapu City), and five others filed in hopes of reversing the court’s decision that convicted…
MANILA, Philipines — The transfer of P1.5 billion in public funds for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to a private group headed by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano was cast in…
In theory, budgeting starts with a plan that outlines where we want to be and how we arrive at it. That is why every president has his or her own Philippine Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP).…
It was in August this year when I last joined a protest rally. Back in college, joining a rally or “mob” (short for mobilization) as we called it, was part of our regular schedule being student activists.…
In drafting next year’s national budget, it was surprising to learn about Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s aversion and opposition to the so-called “bottoms-up budgeting” initiated by the late Dept. of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary…
