Latest in public fundsHealth Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa and 16 other Department of Health officials were slapped Tuesday afternoon with a fresh batch of criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman — this time over more than P1.4 billion worth of medicines and vaccines that allegedly…
Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste thanked the Anti-Money Laundering Council and the Court of Appeals (CA) on Wednesday, January 7, following the issuance of a freeze order on bank accounts allegedly linked to Edwin Gardiola and members of his family. Leviste said the development…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, December 9 announced that the Court of Appeals (CA) has issued a freeze order on the bank accounts and assets of Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, ACT-CIS Rep. Edvic “Eddie” Yap, Silverwolves Construction Corporation, and Skyward Aviation Corporation amid an…
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Tuesday, October 28, revealed that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) diverted at least ₱50 billion from unprogrammed appropriations in the 2024 national budget for various infrastructure projects, including ₱30 billion for…
Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Edgar “Egay” Erice on Saturday, October 18, called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to fire Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, saying her department failed to prevent what he described as “unprecedented diversions and insertions” amounting to ₱1.45 trillion over…
The ₱879,000-per-unit body-worn camera procurement of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has drawn public outrage, after Senator Raffy Tulfo flagged it “immoral” and “scandalous.” His demand was blunt: fire the members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) and the Technical Working Group (TWG)…
You notice it now, don’t you? A certain awkwardness when someone posts a designer bag online or shares a photo from a long-saved-for trip abroad. Suddenly, a thought pops up: “Baka galing sa flood control ‘yan.” And just like that, what should’ve been a celebration of hard work is treated like a…
Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co has only four days left to comply with House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III’s order revoking his travel clearance and directing him to return to the Philippines. Dy earlier gave Co 10 days to come home, citing the “paramount interest of the public” and “pressing…
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