Bayan rejects 2026 budget, exposes pork barrel in bicam version
The deadlock exposed the bicam not as a venue for reconciliation but as a bargaining table over pork.
Bayan rejects 2026 budget, exposes pork barrel in bicam version
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Reality Check: Pork barrel is still in the 2026 budget
Reality Check: Pork barrel is still in the 2026 budget
In this article, Bulatlat fact-checks the claims of the House of Representatives that the approved P6.793-trillion (approximately US$114.98 billion) national budget for 2026 —the biggest budget measure in the country’s history so far—contains no pork barrel fund.
NTF-ELCAC’s P19-B budget: Pork amid the pandemic?
NTF-ELCAC’s P19-B budget: Pork amid the pandemic?
Little did the NTF-ELCAC spokesperson know that her challenge to Non would backfire quicker than her red-tagging spurts on social media. The task force immediately became the center of scrutiny, as its P19.1-billion programmed allocation in the 2021 budget starkly contrasts the image of hungry Filipinos lining up at community pantries.
Getting away with plunder
Getting away with plunder
The acquittal last week of former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr., and his alleged accomplices’ being found guilty and sentenced to the mandatory penalty for plunder of reclusion perpetua (20 to 30 years’ imprisonment) has understandably raised doubts over the...
Arrogance of power and corruption syndrome
Arrogance of power and corruption syndrome
By SATUR OCAMPO After President Duterte signed this week the P3.767-trillion 2018 national budget passed by his “supermajority” in the 17th Congress, the pork barrel funds purposely hidden within it – funds that the Supreme Court, in 2013, declared as...
Top 6 reasons why Ombudsman can indict Aquino, Abad over DAP
Top 6 reasons why Ombudsman can indict Aquino, Abad over DAP
“Ignorance of the law, feigned or otherwise, is not an excuse.”
Taguiwalo lauded for directing DSWD funds to the poor, not pork
Taguiwalo lauded for directing DSWD funds to the poor, not pork
We should support Taguiwalo for this positive step towards eliminating secret pork barrel allocations - Gabriela Rep. Brosas
2016 Nat’l budget ‘designed for corruption,’ says youth solon
2016 Nat’l budget ‘designed for corruption,’ says youth solon
“There are numerous and sharp increases in the proposed budget for items which are clearly geared for electioneering and pork.”
Bayan urges high court to junk DAP with finality
Bayan urges high court to junk DAP with finality
"Let's hope that there would at least be one good news this Christmas - that the SC decision (against DAP) will remain, that DAP would be junked once and for all." – Renato Reyes, Bayan
Anti-pork groups ask Senate to rid 2015 budget of pork
Anti-pork groups ask Senate to rid 2015 budget of pork
“Since last year when the Napoles pork barrel scam was exposed, our people have consistently and repeatedly shown, through protest actions, opinion surveys, social media and the ongoing people's initiative process, their vehement opposition to any and all forms of pork barrel, whether congressional or presidential.”
#AbolishPork
#AbolishPork
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Now it’s the turn of Senate President Franklin Drilon to be investigated for the alleged overpricing of government projects, especially the Iloilo Convention Center. It could be remembered that it was Kabataan Party-list Rep....
Progressive lawmakers decry railroading of ‘pork-full’ 2015 budget
Progressive lawmakers decry railroading of ‘pork-full’ 2015 budget
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares summarizes what is wrong with the approved 2015 budget with the acronym PPP: wrong Policies, wrong Priorities, and huge Pork barrel.
Alcala faces grilling for withholding emergency aid to storm-ravaged farmers
Alcala faces grilling for withholding emergency aid to storm-ravaged farmers
A whopping 68 percent of the Agriculture department's budget for Yolanda victims were still unreleased, even as the Yolanda-affected areas remain largely unassisted.
Makabayan bloc slams ‘budget blackmail’ by ruling party
Makabayan bloc slams ‘budget blackmail’ by ruling party
“We should have an honest to goodness analysis of the national budget because we owe it to the Filipino people, who want the pork barrel system and lump sums abolished.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
The juggernaut that’s the anti-pork movement
The juggernaut that’s the anti-pork movement
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld A year ago it had seemed that the spontaneous gesture of outrage by hundreds of thousands who converged at the Rizal Park to protest the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) anomalies signaled the end of...
On National Heroes’ Day| Students make a stand against pork barrel
On National Heroes’ Day| Students make a stand against pork barrel
“It is important that we make a stand on issues in our society because in the future, we too, will be confronted with the same problems plaguing our society. If we take a stand now, we not only fight for our right, but also for the future of the children.” – Alain Villegas, DLSU student
ACT Rep. Tinio names ‘focal persons’ related to illegal pork
ACT Rep. Tinio names ‘focal persons’ related to illegal pork
ACT Rep. Antonio Tinio said the list of so-called "focal persons," consisting of names and contact numbers of government employees of CHED, DoH, and DOLE, was distributed to House members April 22 this year. He called the list "another proof that President Aquino is secretly and illegally distributing pork to legislators despite the Supreme Court ruling declaring pork as unconstitutional."
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