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Former Senator Kiko Pangilinan has proposed a law requiring all newly elected and appointed officials to experience living with the poor for several days, aiming to foster empathy and gain a deeper perspective on poverty’s realities. If elected, Pangilinan said legislating this program will be one of his top priorities, in line with his advocacy […]
Government officials asking for confidential and intelligence funds in their spending plan under the 2024 national budget should be held with greater accountability to ensure that public funds are spent judiciously and efficiently, according to Senator Chiz Escudero. At the recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance that tackled next year’s proposed budget, Escudero […]
Amid the continuous proliferation of large-scale agricultural smuggling in the country, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10845 to impose stricter penalty on public officials or employees who take part in this crime. In filing House Bill No. 5742, Lee underscored the need to punish not only the illegal […]
A party-list lawmaker called for an investigation and the filing of charges against “big-time” personalities in the government allegedly involved in agricultural smuggling. Magsasaka Party-list Representative Argel Cabatbat said the Department of Agriculture (DA) should look into the smuggling problem, particularly the involvement of officials from the Bureau of Plant Industry as if they are […]
All public servants – from the clerk all the way to the President – must be excluded from the “protection” of the Bank Secrecy Act, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. Lacson said this will help curb corruption as government officials and employees who enrich themselves while in office will have a harder time hiding their ill-gotten […]
As the modus operandi employed by the syndicates behind the road right-of-way payment (RROW) scam continues to unfold, Senator Dick Gordon denounced officials of concerned government agencies who knowingly or unknowingly abetted the syndicates in tarnishing the integrity of the country’s land registration and transfer system. During the continuation of the Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation […]