Even though she voted against the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday she does not believe that Congress ...

Salvador Panelo, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Duterte was “lying” for claiming that the 2025 General Appropriations Act contained “blank” items. Ungab previously alleged ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday dismissed accusations by former President Rodrigo Duterte that portions of the national budget were left blank and intended to be ...

In an ambush interview in Taguig City on Monday, Marcos was asked for a comment on Duterte’s allegations that some sections of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) were supposedly left blank to ...

Duterte argued that the report, especially with blank spaces, should not be considered valid legislation. “It’s not only inaccurate but I think the budget is in totality invalid hindi na pwede mag ...

Parang binigyan ka ng blanking cheke diyan [at] bahala na kayo ano ilagay ninyo, (why the budget that arrived your way was blank. It’s like you were given a blank check [and] it’s up to you what you ...

Though fire crews made substantial progress over the weekend to contain the Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California, the two blazes remain some of the most devastating in the state’s ...