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Leaders of both houses of Congress were too quick to assure speedy deliberations on the P5.268-trillion proposed national budget for 2023. But wait, a deputy speaker is questioning the lack of transparency in the first full-year spending program of the Marcos presidency.

Sa dinami-dami ng problemang hinaharap ng bansa, lalo na’t mas tumataas pa ang presyo ng mga bilihin, marami ang nainis sa mga nakitang litrato at video ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na nagpa-party.

The procurement system will work only if public officials and employees, as well as private contractors and suppliers, are held to account for these serious deviations from the law.

During the long years of the Marcos regime, towns, schools and barangays were named after members of the dictator’s family. Marcos had no scruples about naming even a barangay after himself before he first set foot in Malacañang as president of the Republic.

Lumabag daw sa “Safe Spaces Act” ang isang reporter na nagko-cover sa Malacañang kaya hindi siya binigyan ng accreditation. Sapat ba itong dahilan para pagbawalan ang isang mamamahayag na gampanan ang kanyang trabaho?

It is significant to note that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. chose Indonesia as his first entry to the world stage first week of September.

Won't pursuit of independence collide with the supermajority's mantra of unity?

Pakinggan ang pangalawang komentaryo ng batikang mamamahayag na si Christian Esguerra para sa VERA Files.

“I came here because of my sincere conviction that the time had come to reverse the situation,” Fidel V. Ramos announced after breaking with the Marcos regime in February 1986.

Ilocanos are stereotyped as being kuripot (stingy with money). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., an Ilocano, showed this side of him when he vetoed four bills approved by the previous Congress.

“We will not revise anything. All we will do is to also make known our side of the story,” Imee Marcos said in an ANC interview last June 1.

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