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The first-term senator made the admission during a televised interview in early November when he acknowledged receiving outside funding for his May 2025 senatorial bid but said he did not list donors because they requested anonymity.
“State-sponsored terror under Marcos Jr. continues to weaponize laws and fully mobilize the state’s armed forces to silence staunch defenders of people’s rights and anti-corruption advocates, to intimidate citizens and activists in protests, and to terrorize communities."
There should be a genuine public audit, full disclosure of documents, and cases filed against corrupt officials, including those in Malacañang and Congress.
Sumailalim din sa matinding pagbusisi ang OVP matapos nitong gastusin ang P125 milyong confidential funds sa loob lamang ng 11 araw noong 2022. Ang pondong ito ay ipinasa sa tanggapan ni VP Duterte mismo mula sa opisina ni Marcos.
It is high time to have a proposed law that promotes the full protection of municipal fisheries from commercial fishing operations that, if not outright destructive, are large-scale and unregulated
During the black Friday protest, the respondents stood in front of the DPWH, with no visible physical damage, holding a tarpaulin that read “Prosecute the corrupt bureaucrat-capitalists, not the protesters.”
Pamalakaya-Philippines and allied organizations called on the administration to ensure meaningful representation in the drafting of programs and laws affecting small fishers.
“This budget is a brazen continuation of the corrupt pork barrel system that has plundered billions of pesos from the Filipino people through more than 9,000 flood control projects from 2022 to the present."
Every peso stolen is stolen from student education.
“Those involved must be removed from their positions, charged with graft, corruption, and plunder, and brought to justice. They have no concern for the struggling farmers. While floods swallow rice fields and livelihoods, these corrupt politicians gorge themselves on stolen wealth. They must be held accountable, prosecuted, and jailed. Such blatant plunder should no longer be tolerated."
If Marcos Jr is sincere in fighting corruption, then he needs to explain the proposed P10.7-billion confidential funds of the Office of the President in the 2026 proposed budget.
The multi-billion peso corruption scandal could have been used to fund healthcare facilities, education, and other basic social services. Instead of respecting people’s right to protest against corruption, the government responded with violence.
"We are inspired by the creative activism of the youth who led their delegations from various schools and communities. We marched with flood victims, the urban poor, farmers, workers, and ordinary Filipinos who are united in condemning the entrenched corruption in the bureaucracy."
"The Filipino people must not be made accomplices to the slaughter of Palestinians."
Erring contractors must be blacklisted for life, public officials who facilitated and got kickbacks from multibillion-peso anomalous deals must be held accountable, and procurement loopholes that allow contract splitting must be shut down.
“Farm-to-Market Roads are supposed to be lifelines for farmers. However, they risk becoming Farm-to-Pocket Roads due to corruption."
Kabataan party-list Rep. Renee Louise Co is not related to Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co.
“Return the people’s stolen money! Seize the luxury cars, expensive watches, signature bags, and designer clothes of corrupt contractors, officials, and politicians."
"It is not enough to blame contractors and low-ranking officials. If Marcos Jr. were serious about fighting corruption, he should go after the big fish, including himself."
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) demanded a full investigation on the flood control projects in the Bicol region.
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