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Rappler's @miriamgracego, @maritesdvitug, @piaranada, and @lianbuan discuss the ties between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese businessman Michael Yang in this month's #NewsbreakChats episode.
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@miriamgracego @maritesdvitug @piaranada @lianbuan A series of Rappler investigative stories found that Yang’s businesses grew under the Duterte administration, while his influence has led to billions-worth of pandemic contracts being awarded to a young company linked to him.
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@miriamgracego @maritesdvitug @piaranada @lianbuan .@piaranada: 'Yung kay Michael Yang, it took a request from Malacañang's records office for us to know about his title.... Michael Yang is a foreigner, not a Filipino, unlike Duterte's other advisers.
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NOW: The House committee on appropriations holds a plenary hearing for the 2022 proposed budgets of the defense department, including its attached agencies. #BudgetWatch | via @jairojourno
@jairojourno During the budget deliberations, the DND revealed that they are seeking additional P28-B budget to fund the gov'ts unpaid military pensions. #BudgetWatch | via @jairojourno rappler.com/nation/departm…
@jairojourno The House plenary also holds a hearing for the proposed budget of the Dangerous Drugs Board.
The lawmakers moved to terminate the period of interpellation for the DDB's budget. #BudgetWatch | via @jairojourno
The lawmakers moved to terminate the period of interpellation for the DDB's budget. #BudgetWatch | via @jairojourno
The Senate blue ribbon committee, chaired by Senator Richard Gordon, resumes its probe into questionable pandemic contracts. President Rodrigo Duterte's ex-adviser Michael Yang is attending today's hearing. | via @maracepeda 
@maracepeda Senators earlier cited Yang in contempt and issued an arrest warrant against him for ignoring two subpoenas compelling him to attend the ongoing investigation on anomalous pandemic contracts linked to him and his business associates. #BudgetWatch
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@maracepeda Pharmally's chairman and president Huang Tzu Yen once again present in today's hearing. He says he has taken his oath before the Philippine Embassy in Singapore, where he is a resident. | via @maracepeda #BudgetWatch
HAPPENING NOW: VP Leni Robredo presenting the Office of the Vice President's proposed P702.04-million budget for 2022 before the House committee on appropriations | via @maracepeda #BudgetWatch
@maracepeda Robredo now giving lawmakers an update on the OVP's highly praised anti-poverty programs and pandemic response projects. | via @maracepeda #BudgetWatch
@maracepeda The OVP's total proposed budget for 2022 is P713.41 million. This amount now includes the retirement and life insurance premium for OVP employees.
Robredo says this proposed budget is still 21% lower than the OVP's current budget at P900 million. | via @maracepeda #BudgetWatch
Robredo says this proposed budget is still 21% lower than the OVP's current budget at P900 million. | via @maracepeda #BudgetWatch
HAPPENING TODAY: The House appropriations panel holds a hearing to tackle the President's proposed 2022 budget for Comelec. | via @newsdwight
#BudgetWatch #PHVote #WeDecide
#BudgetWatch #PHVote #WeDecide
@newsdwight BACKGROUND: Comelec sought a P41.992-billion budget for 2022, but the Duterte gov't is only proposing P26.497 billion to Congress, which means that Comelec's request was trimmed by P15.495 billion. #BudgetWatch #PHVote #WeDecide rappler.com/nation/electio…
@newsdwight Comelec's proposed 2022 budget is more than double the budget it received in the last presidential election year, and comes amid calls for Comelec to "COVID-proof" next year's polls, where 61 million are already eligible to cast their ballots. | @newsdwight #BudgetWatch #PHVote
NOW: House budget deliberations for CHED 2022 budget
During the last hearing, the Commission on Higher Education asked lawmakers to help restore some P9.7 billion in funds that the DBM slashed from the commission's 2022 budget proposal of P62.3 billion. | via @bnzmagsambol
During the last hearing, the Commission on Higher Education asked lawmakers to help restore some P9.7 billion in funds that the DBM slashed from the commission's 2022 budget proposal of P62.3 billion. | via @bnzmagsambol
@bnzmagsambol Chairman Prospero de De Vera III says that CHED needs the slashed funds in order to implement laws passed by Congress, such as the Doktor Para sa Bayan Act. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol
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@bnzmagsambol CHED submitted a proposal worth P62,397,993,000 for its 2022 budget to the DBM, but the budget agency only recommended P52,603,169 for the NEP. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol
NOW: House budget hearing for Office of the Ombudsman. Ombudsman Samuel Martires and his executives present via Zoom. Like judiciary, Ombudsman invokes fiscal autonomy because their proposed 2022 budget is P3.9 billion, lower than their 2021 budget of P4.7 billion. | @lianbuan
@lianbuan House Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano manifests, as read by Rep Kit Belmonte, that there are many cases pending before the Office of the Ombudsman, says "I hope their budget cut will not be used as a reason for a lackluster performance."
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In this @rapplerdotcom article by @jodeszgavilan, I shared why we need to take an interest in the budget and how we as ordinary citizens can engage that process.
The key is to band together to make our voices heard. rappler.com/nation/misuse-…
The key is to band together to make our voices heard. rappler.com/nation/misuse-…
Last year, @iLEAD_PH convened the People’s Budget Coalition. It was a last ditch effort by groups like @MoveAsOnePH, @nagkaisa @SENTROLabor, Aral Pilipinas, SNPP and many other individuals who were deeply concerned about the way the 2021 Budget was structured.
From that exercise, I personally realized that we hold so much power and potential as citizens to make the budget work for us if we work together.
Dami ko natutunan sa People’s Budget Coalition🤩
Dami ko natutunan sa People’s Budget Coalition🤩
Audit reports are prepared and released like clockwork every year. EVERY YEAR, regardless of who's sitting in either offices. Bakit biglang considered premature ang report nang magtanong ang COA bakit hindi nagamit or hindi nagamit nang maayos ang P67 bilyon ng DOH? #BudgetWatch
Parang investigative report 'yang audit report. May deadline. When you've been given enough time to dispute or comment on the findings pero di kayo sumagot, itatakbo ang istorya. May pasabi lang na kung finally ay sasagot kayo, ia-update ang istorya. #BudgetWatch
Gentlemen, precisely because we're in extraordinary times, in a time of emergency, and we need urgency, kaya nagtanong ang COA:
Bakit hindi ninyo ginamit o inilabas ang bilyon-bilyong pisong nakalaan na panserbisyo sa mga nagkakasakit at namamatay na kababayan? #BudgetWatch
Bakit hindi ninyo ginamit o inilabas ang bilyon-bilyong pisong nakalaan na panserbisyo sa mga nagkakasakit at namamatay na kababayan? #BudgetWatch
We are now live for this week's #BudgetWatch webinar, which will tackle justice, security, and human rights and the corresponding budgets allotted by the government for these sectors in 2021. The webinar is conducted by iLEAD and @rapplerdotcom with @chrgovph and @AkbayanParty
The panelists are:
- Atty Gian Miko Arabejo, Lawyer, Alternative Law Groups
- Carlos Conde, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch
- Princess Molleno, Head of Project Management, Commission on Human Rights
- Etta Rosales, Chair Emeritus, Akbayan Citizens' Action Partylist
- Atty Gian Miko Arabejo, Lawyer, Alternative Law Groups
- Carlos Conde, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch
- Princess Molleno, Head of Project Management, Commission on Human Rights
- Etta Rosales, Chair Emeritus, Akbayan Citizens' Action Partylist
How have justice, security, and human rights fared under the Duterte administration? We revisited the figures we earlier presented during the 2020 SONA, including how the Philippines fared in the global indices on due process and rule of law. (1/5)
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We also took a look at the budgets of the DOJ, DND, PNP, AFP, and CHR from 2016 to 2020 and their respective proposed budgets for 2021. Here are the budgets of DILG's major programs and attached agencies, as well as the budgets for the key programs of the PNP. (2/5)
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We also looked into the budget of DND and the AFP from 2016 to 2020, as well as their proposed 2021 budgets. (3/5)
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