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The evolution of congressional budget insertions
By Tita C. Valderama
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Oct 13, 2025
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The first time I heard of the term budget insertions was about 30 years ago, during the Ramos administration. It referred to funding provisions for projects or programs identified by congressmen in the General Appropriations Bill. The insertions were over and above what was then called the Countrywide Development Fund.

A day of wine and roses with Pablo Tariman
By Text and photos by Elizabeth Lolarga
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Oct 10, 2025
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Whenever I’d complain aloud to Pablo about the financial challenges of being a freelance writer, he would quiet me down by saying, in his serious baritone voice, “It’s the only good thing we know how to do.”

On the road to perdition
By Tita C. Valderma
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Oct 6, 2025
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The public is getting swamped with false, misleading, or completely fabricated information that creates confusion, anxiety, fear and distrust, aggravating the anger and stress over the rising cost of living and our daily struggles with congested traffic and inefficient government services.
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