Philippine national budget
Pres. Marcos: Gatekeeper-in-chief with own pork barrel
September 21, 2025
Marcos is no anti-corruption hero
September 21, 2025
It doesn’t take much squinting to look beyond the theatrics and inter-parliamentary finger-pointing to see who ultimately decides about pork barrel.
The Anatomy of Corruption
September 20, 2025
The pork barrel system has become the most efficient way for politicians to gain control of public funds.
Marcos Jr administration’s 2025 budget priorities
October 28, 2024
2025 Budget Cuts and Increases
October 28, 2024
2022 budget stalls recovery, worsens inequality
August 23, 2021
Government’s proposed 2022 national budget is the second budget in a row that fails to respond to the pandemic. The Duterte administration is not spending enough on economic stimulus, health, ayuda, and small businesses which are the most important things to recover quickly and stop worsening deprivation. The economic managers’ misguided fiscal conservatism is counterproductive and needs urgent correction.
Duterte administration’s 2021 budget priorities
September 11, 2020
INFOGRAPHIC
Amid the worst health crisis and economic decline in the country’s history, government prioritizes infrastructure, debt, and militarization over health and other social services, agriculture, and industry.
Bayanihan 2 and 2021 budget leave millions of unemployed behind
September 3, 2020
STATEMENT
Millions of Filipinos and their families will continue to suffer for years without a genuine stimulus program overriding the misguided fiscal conservatism and reckless optimism of the economic managers.
