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Itinuro ni Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang P2.5 bilyong halaga ng “allocables” na inuugnay kay Sen. Imee Marcos sa 2025 National Expenditure Program.

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Mistulang bonanza umano, kinuwestiyon ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste ang pagtaas ng pondo na mahigit P2.2 bilyon mula sa orihinal na panukala sa kaniyang distrito sa ilalim ng 2026 national budget.

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Malacañang required reporters to surrender phones before covering the signing of the 2026 national budget.

 

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the 2026 national budget after days of reenactment.

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Despite denials from the Marcos administration, pork barrel is still alive and well in the 2026 national budget, according to members of the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives.

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Legislators do not participate in drafting the National Expenditure Program, the Department of Budget and Management clarified yesterday.

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Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman told senators the DPWH has a “special” role in the proposal of the national budget.

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Deliberations on the 2026 national budget begin next week following the submission by the executive of the P6.793-trillion National Expenditure Program or NEP to Congress yesterday.

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The executive branch is moving to prevent a repeat of controversial insertions by lawmakers in the annual outlay, as President Marcos and the Cabinet yesterday approved a P6.793-trillion National Expenditure Program for 2026.

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Itinuro ni Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang P2.5 bilyong halaga ng “allocables” na inuugnay kay Sen. Imee Marcos sa 2025 National Expenditure Program.

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Mistulang bonanza umano, kinuwestiyon ni Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste ang pagtaas ng pondo na mahigit P2.2 bilyon mula sa orihinal na panukala sa kaniyang distrito sa ilalim ng 2026 national budget.

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The executive branch is moving to prevent a repeat of controversial insertions by lawmakers in the annual outlay, as President Marcos and the Cabinet yesterday approved a P6.793-trillion National Expenditure Program for 2026.

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