Cabral files: 5 Cabinet officials, usecs with allocables in 2025 budget, says LacsonIn this Dec. 23, 2024 photo, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with then-Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, then-Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, then-Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, and then-Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan to review the proposed 2025 national budget. “At least five Cabinet secretaries and some undersecretaries had allocables and/or non-allocables, according to the documents. Lacson said the documents showed a certain “ES” with P8.3 billion in allocables, while former DPWH secretary Manuel Bonoan allegedly had allocables amounting to at least P30.5 billion. He added that other Cabinet secretaries were listed with P2 billion each, while the House leadership and some party-list groups were also reflected as having “billions” in allocables. Lacson cautioned, however, that it remains unclear whether the Cabinet officials cited also received allocations from other agency budgets for 2025.

Source: Philippine Star December 28, 2025 14:49 UTC