Former Senate president Franklin Drilon raised alarm over the staggering P731.4 billion in pork barrel allocations across 2024 and 2025, a massive amount that has largely remained unchecked. Drilon ...

M ANILA, Philippines — Former Senate president Franklin Drilon lamented the weaknesses of the country’s current political ...

Former Senate President Franklin Drilon and a former finance official on Tuesday said the vetoes of certain items in the 2025 ...

FORMER senator Franklin Drilon urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to classify all Congress-introduced amendments in the ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is being prodded to freeze a move to release congressional pork barrel funds and to “reclassify” such funds to prevent “election misuse.” In a statement, Former Senate ...

In the view of former Senate President Franklin Drilon and former senator Panfilo Lacson, the best way out—if the President has signalled he is not inclined to use is line-item veto power—is ...

House leaders on Friday declared that the 2025 national budget signed by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is “pork-free.” ...

To prevent the use of billions in public funds from being used by politicians for the 2025 elections, President Marcos can classify all Congress-introduced amendments in the 2025 General ...