“While the CHR’s performance as a constitutional body may not have been fully satisfactory to many Filipinos, its mandate is important in combatting human rights abuses.”
Int’l rights group slams P1,000 ‘defunding’ of CHR
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‘Duterte’s hands tied by Aquino’s budget ‘reforms’
Contrary to what the Department of Budget Management (DBM) claimed when it announced that much of the budget for 2016 is still there, it is most likely “simot na” (emptied out). The funds had already been released to government agencies as per the Aquino administration’s “so-called reforms.”
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“The Department of Budget Management has said that as much as 90 percent of the country’s budget this year has already been released.”
A sleight-of-hand budget
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The State of the Nation speech of President Benigno S. Aquino III (BSA) has been lauded as “statesmanlike” in that he did not continue his broadside against the Supreme Court over its Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) decision. In fact, he studiously avoided giving the impression that he is continuing…
30-million peso calamity fund ratted out?
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today DAVAO CITY — The city council wants to find out what happened to the 30-million peso calamity fund provided to eight villages in Paquibato District. Councilor Melchor Quitain said in a privilege speech on Tuesday’s session that the city’s “executive branch” only submitted 2 out of 30 monthly…
Women’s group protests against 2014 budget, calling it ‘anti-people’
Gabriela slammed the inclusion of huge amounts allotted to pork barrel funds and the Presidential Support Fund, as well as un-programmed funds, which, it said, could be used to perpetuate political patronage and corruption.
Phl budget transparency under Aquino gets lower grade in latest global survey
By MARYA SALAMAT
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III pledged to install a transparent government, the opposite of scandal-ridden administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. But a global survey on budget transparency gives his administration a lower if not the same score as during Arroyo’s.
2012 budget is anti-poor – progressive solons
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive partylist groups in the House of Representatives voted ‘no’ to the 2012 appropriations bill, saying that the national budget is “anti-poor” and that it reveals “government neglect and the absence of change.” “Mr. Speaker I cannot in my conscience vote in favor of a bill, which…
Tie AFP budget to human rights record, says ACT solon
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A progressive lawmaker in the House of Representatives continue to fight for a pro-poor 2012 national budget by submitting amendments. Earlier this week, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Representative Antonio L. Tinio submitted proposed amendments to House Bill 5023 or the General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2012 to…
Youth Groups Assail 2011 ‘Anti-youth’ Nat’l Budget, Warns of Massive Protests in Response
PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2010 Various youth groups protesting what they call an ‘anti-youth’ 2011 national budget marched to the House of Representatives to coincide with the re-opening of the session of the 15th Congress. “In a time where the livelihood of many sectors are being attacked, President Aquino should invest more in social services…
CHR Gets Pittance from 2009’s Trillion-Peso Budget
It is a shame to hear that the Commission on Human Rights, despite the taxing demand it now faces amid unsolved and continuing cases of extrajudicial killings, abductions, torture, and disappearances, is getting a mere pittance from the country’s PhP 1.4 trillion (USD 29.1 billion) budget for this year. BY RORIE R. FAJARDO Project Coordinator…