Full disclosure of 2026 budget allotment urgedTHE leadership of the House of Representatives is being pressed to guarantee full disclosure of budget allocations ahead of the Dec. 29 vote on the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA). The House leaders must release detailed information on how funds are allocated to each congressional district and party-list before lawmakers cast their votes on the national budget, Rep. Tobias Tiangco said on Saturday. Without any disclosure, Tiangco said, the lawmakers have no way of verifying whether certain districts or party-list groups received disproportionate budget increases. Student’s website tracks public works projectsA 16-YEAR-OLD Filipino student in California has created a website that tracks and documents public infrastructure projects and uses artificial intelligence to evaluate construction quality. Opinion and editorialMarlen Ronquillo is today’s front page columnist, claiming that US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy is a consequential document that is being ignored.

Source: Manila Times December 28, 2025 01:02 UTC