MANILA, Philippines — The executive branch cannot be held liable for the supposed blank items in the bicameral conference committee report of Congress on the then proposed 2025 national budget ...

Paolo Ortega believes that former president Rodrigo Duterte's claims of "‘blank ... the budget process to bring back the P2 billion fund previously allocated to the Office of the Vice President (OVP), ...

Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Thursday said that there were blank items in the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget. In an interview with GMA Integrated News, Dela ...

and his close associates. “If it’s left blank, it won’t be balanced. The budget needs to be balanced. For example, the House amendments, the Senate amendments, and of course, the final ...

MANILA, Philippines — Unanswered questions about the alleged "blank line items" in the 2025 national budget have sparked constitutional concerns, casting doubt on its legitimacy. Lawmakers ...

Even though she voted against the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday she does not believe that Congress ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero maintained on Wednesday that the bicameral conference committee report on the national budget for 2025 that he signed had no blank items.

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin dismissed allegations linking Malacañang to the so-called “blank pages” in the 2025 national budget, categorically denying claims that the Executive Branch played ...

Malacanang has nothing to do with the so-called ‘blank pages’ in the 2025 national budget, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday. “Alisin natin sa consciousness ninyo na kami ay may ...