‘Leadership Funds’: A backdoor budget for lawmakers?
Senator Ping Lacson says leadership funds or ‘allocables’ are the ‘worst version’ of the pork barrel as they circumvent the regular budget process
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[Vantage Point] Solar Para sa Bayan: When public privilege meets accountability
Senator Loren Legarda’s defense that ‘no public funds were involved’ does not fully dispose of the controversy. Public resources are not confined to money released from the Treasury.
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Is Sara’s confi funds officer Superman? Prosecution flags nationwide disbursements on same day
If the acknowledgment receipts were truthful, how could Vice President Sara Duterte’s special disbursing officer have handed out confidential funds in different parts of the Philippines on a single day?
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‘Funny’ names in confidential funds receipts not issue for COA – Sara Duterte’s defense
The defense also points out that the Commission on Audit did not mind that the funds were spent in different places on the same day
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Was Kristine Ferrer disrespectful to Lorna Kapunan during Sara trial?
‘I’m sure there was no intention to disrespect anyone, be it opposing counsel, the witness, and of course the honorable court,’ defense spokesperson Michael Poa tells reporters
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Gabby Lopez: Man on a mission
After stepping down as chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN in September 2020, Gabby Lopez is stepping up to save the company he loves
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SPECIAL COVERAGE: Impeachment trial of Sara Duterte
Rappler brings live updates, analysis, and commentary from reporters and experts as the historic impeachment trial unfolds
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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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When courts, agencies stepped in to block wage hikes
Other government bodies, apart from the NWPC and regional boards, blocked supposed wage hikes before
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Weeks after Marcos SONA, House panel OKs higher income tax exemption ceiling
A bill exempting individuals earning up to P350,000 annually from paying income tax hurdles a House committee
