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MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Leandro Leviste (Batangas, 1st District) claimed Monday, December 22, that each district and party-list representative has at least P150 million in budget insertions under ...

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Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Questions about the alleged “insertions” in the national budget have been raised anew in Congress amid the ...

EVERY time the national budget comes under scrutiny, a familiar uproar erupts. Allegations of “congressional insertions” dominate the headlines, and the public chorus swells with anger. The word ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Monday that members of the House of Representatives also made their own amendments or insertions in the 2025 national ...

CHANGES introduced by lawmakers during budget deliberations are part of the regular budget process, and provide a check and balance mechanism to ensure prudent use of public funds, Senate President ...

Not every amendment or insertion is harmful, as some will improve or supplement government projects that will serve Filipinos, Senator JV Ejercito said Monday. Ejercito made the statement during the ...

Multi-billion-dollar budget insertions form part of annual legislation in Asian nation A view of the joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate in Manila during the State-of-the-Nation ...

(UPDATE) SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Monday declared that Congress itself was the “original sin” behind the multi-billion-peso flood control corruption scandal, blaming budget insertions for creating ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Pro Tempore and blue ribbon committee chair Panfilo Lacson said Monday he is hopeful that the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives can ...

MANILA, Philippines — Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco appeared yesterday before the Senate Blue Ribbon committee to dispute allegations that he had inserted flood-control projects into the national budget ...