2026 Budget: Sound and fury, signifying…

December 31, 2025

The budget that will soon be signed into law is rhetorically reformist but fundamentally politically functional, achieved at the expense of social and economic transformation.

Porkiest of all

November 28, 2025

Marcos Jr is the porkiest of them all, sustaining the past administration’s bloated, confidential, intelligence funds and contingent funds since the start of his term. But what clinches him the title “king of pork” is the scandalous spiking of unprogrammed appropriations under his watch.

Name Names, Not Give Excuses

October 30, 2025

Power Shifts, Corruption Stays

October 30, 2025

Most Guilty: Pork to Power

October 30, 2025

The President’s Budget

October 17, 2025

Corruption reveal: Time to name names in the House of Representatives

October 10, 2025

An analysis of flood control projects on the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website indicates that anywhere from around 100 to 230 HOR lawmakers may be involved in suspicious flood control projects.

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.