MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Antonio Tinio on Thursday believes that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must be held accountable for implementing the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national budgets. His remark comes following the declaration of the Supreme Court (SC) that there are certain provisions that are unconstitutional.  In its decision, SC said Congress committed

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday assured the public that it has adopted a stricter vetting process for infrastructure projects included in the proposed 2027 national budget. During the hearing on the proposed budget of the DBM, Senate finance committee chair JV Ejercito asked Budget Secretary Kim Robert de

MANILA, Philippines — A prosecution witness told the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Thursday that he saw former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co give a shirt as a “gift” to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, not “maleta” (suitcase) with cash. Police Maj. Hermelo Dichoso, team leader of Co’s security team, testified during the bail hearing

LEGAZPI CITY — The Supreme Court’s ruling against unprogrammed appropriations in previous national budgets has vindicated the late Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman’s challenge to the controversial budget mechanism. In a statement on Thursday, Albay Rep. Krisel Lagman, Edcel’s daughter, welcomed the high court’s Oct. 7 decision, which ruled unconstitutional Congress’ P449.5-billion increase in unprogrammed appropriations

Data sovereignty is not as simply as we thought When the government passed Executive Order 119 to push for data privacy and sovereign data in Philippine soil, there’s more to the context than just having physical data centers to house private citizen data. Whenever you query into an AI tool, the data travels across boundaries

In response to weaker demand, Air Canada announced it would be cancelling service on five routes between Canada and the U.S. beginning in 2027.

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has launched a nationwide probe into foreigners’ fraudulent procurement of birth certificates, passports and other documents used as proof of Filipino citizenship, Director Melvin Matibag said Thursday. The probe follows Matibag’s earlier concerns about illegal activities involving foreign nationals, including Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos) and