Leviste: Each congressman has at least P150M in budget insertions, Cabral files showMANILA, Philippines — Rep. Leandro Leviste (Batangas, 1st District) claimed Monday, December 22, that each district and party-list representative has at least P150 million in budget insertions under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) each year. What the 'Cabral files' are forWhile these may sound like accusations, the lawmaker clarified that budget insertions are not inherently illegal or improper. According to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Cabral described an allocable as the “ceiling budget” for each engineering office. The computation, known as the “BBM parametric formula,” Leviste said, was based on several factors, including a district’s population, poverty incidence and disaster recovery capacity. Aside from a lawmaker’s allocables, Leviste claimed that a whopping P320 billion in budget insertions existed outside the formula, including submissions from members of the executive branch, private individuals, congressmen and senators.

Source: Philippine Star December 22, 2025 14:29 UTC