Order in the Court: Is COA being OA over Sara Duterte’s confidential funds?
Get to know COA audit terms in this episode of Order in the Court with Jairo Bolledo
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Sara Duterte’s OVP spent confidential funds on Christmas parties, tree-planting
The said activities were conducted even before the OVP received the confidential funds in 2022
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DPWH seeks P107.4 billion for flood control projects in 2027
Acting Budget Secretary Kim de Leon says that this is meant to support ongoing flood control projects
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At least 19 dead due to storms, monsoon – NDRRMC
At least 7,000 farmers are affected, while 5,000 hectares of farmland, or 85% of the affected area, are unlikely to recover
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Top 10 agencies with biggest allocations in proposed 2027 budget
Committee on Appropriations chairperson Mika Suansing says the budget deliberations will begin on Monday, August 17
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What removal of mandatory ‘spiral progression’ means for K to 12 program
A new amendment to the Enhanced Basic Education Act essentially grants the Department of Education freedom from a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to teaching
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Grave threats case filed vs Sara Duterte over assassination remarks
(1st UPDATE) ‘Given these serious legal issues, the Vice President will exercise all available legal remedies in due course,’ Duterte’s lawyer Paul Lawrence Lim says
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Marcos gov’t seeks P112 billion in unprogrammed funds for 2027
The UA allocation for 2027 is ‘the lowest amount nominally of the UAs since 2019 and only accounts for 1.5% of the total expenditure program — the lowest ratio since 1991,’ says DBM Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon
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Technology can’t replace some things: Why UP Law bans AI from freshman classes
The UP College of Law notes ‘a considerable decline in the quality of reasoning and argumentation coinciding with the regular use of AI by students for case briefing, answering simple queries during class, and research’
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[Walang Pasok] Class suspensions, Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Here is a list of areas where classes are suspended for Tuesday, August 11, 2026, due to the southwest monsoon
