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An election watchdog said around 70% of party-list groups running in the May polls are being used by political clans, big businesses and state interests as a “backdoor to further entrench their political and economic interests.” An analysis by Kontra Daya revealed that at least 120 of 177 party-list groups are identified with political clans and big businesses, have incumbent local officials, connections with the government and military, unknown or unclear advocacy’s and repres...

An election watchdog said around 70% of party-list groups running in the May polls are being used by political clans, big businesses and state interests as a “backdoor to further entrench their political and economic interests.”

Follow this thread for updates from the Cordillera Administrative Region, which comprises the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province. As of the 2015 census, the region has around 1.7 million residents.

Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has vowed to let the people of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) decide on whether it should receive greater autonomy. The topic was raised during a brief public forum on Saturday, Dec. 18, that followed shortly aft

MANILA - The House of Representatives on Wednesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed PHP5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. During the plenary session, the chamber ratified the final version of the spending measure after the bicameral committee reconciled the disagreeing provisions earlier in the day. Following its ratification, the 2022 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) will be transmitted to Malacanang for President Rodrigo Duterte's signature. Among t...

But Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas hits the misplaced budget priorities, as the military and the police are set to get higher funds than the health sector

CASH-FOR-WORK PAYOUT. Personnel of the office of Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte and the Department of Social Welfare and Development release the wages of the cash-for-work beneficiaries at the People's Park in Davao City on Thursday (Dec. 9, 2021). The ongoing program aims to cover about 6,000 residents from the first district this month. (Photo courtesy of 1st District Rep. Paolo 'Pulong' Duterte's office) DAVAO CITY - More than 6,000 residents in ...

MANILA - The resounding pleas of local officials to reinstate the PHP28.1-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has gained ground, as it continues to change the perceptions of many legislators especially those in the 2022 Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee (bicam). Before the 2022 Bicam, Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Sonny Angara was already convinced that the NTF-ELCAC budget, especially its flagship program, the Barang...

MANILA - A leader of the House of Representatives on Tuesday said the proposed PHP5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 is on track with its enactment this month as the congressional bicameral conference committee began deliberation on the spending measure. Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera, a member of the House contingent to the bicameral conference committee tasked to draw up the final form of the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA), said the approval of the bicam report on the 2022 natio...

THE congressional bicameral conference committee on the disagreeing provisions of the proposed 2022 P5.024 trillion General Appropriations Act is eyeing to finish the final version of the annual budget this week, a leader of the House of Representatives said on Monday. In an interview, House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Eric Yap…