Groups: Marcos preserves pork barrel in 2026 budget
“President Marcos has ensured the continuation of the most entrenched system of corruption in government—one that involves lawmakers, DPWH officials, and private contractors in a well-oiled machinery of kickbacks, overpricing, and ghost projects,” Makabayan said.
Veto a budget that drips with grease
Between the interest of lawmakers and the detritus of the bureaucracy and the howling rage of the Filipino people, the President should have said sternly: No pork.
Makabayan rejects dirty 2026 Marcos budget
As the HOR leadership railroaded the bill’s passage in under a minute, the voice of Makabayan lawmaker and ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio could be heard asking to be recognized. He was ignored.
Filipinos deserve far more – and far better
“Hopeful that 2026 puts an end to the foolish notion that any electoral alliance in 2028 with this dynastic family can deliver something better for the country.”
Anti-corruption protester spends New Year in jail after re-arrest
An anti-corruption protester is spending the New Year behind bars after a merciless re-arrest by the Philippine National Police just before Christmas, human rights group Karapatan revealed.
Villars push their luck too far
The Villars have made a career of window-dressing their assets, bloating their values and establishing Villar malls in irrigated lands to push the value of their properties and make use of riverine easements for roads traversing their subdivisions, not to help residents but to make their appraisers raise the value of their land sky-high.
Approval of 2026 budget railroaded in Congress
“Clearly, this proves that livestreaming is theater and transparency, a gimmick for the Marcos administration. So much for open BiCam. Left in the dark pa rin ang mamamayang Pilipino sa buong proseso. Mas masaklap pa, sa unang tingin namin, iba’t ibang anyo ng pork at ‘allocables,’ dambuhalang pondo para sa pandarahas kontra sa karaniwang tao, […]
2026 budget bill approved by ‘unrepentant thieves’ — BAYAN
Malacanang said Marcos wants to make sure that the budget is corruption-free, a claim BAYAN said is a “most explosive lie that will greet the New Year.”
Levistes flay solar power franchise
Filipino wags have paraphrased Balzac by saying “behind every great fortune is a mother.” That doting mother might refer to Senator Loren Legarda, a survivor in the dog-eat-dog environment of politics by advocating the economics of the environment.
ICI is a lost cause, insincere in investigating corrupt officials – MAKABAYAN
“ICI appears selective and has no interest in going up the highest levels of government to uncover corruption,” Makabayan said.