Political Briefer Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)  October 2025   Introduction From late September to the end of October 2025, the Philippines entered one of its most politically volatile periods since the post-EDSA transition.  A massive corruption scandal involving billions of pesos in public funds (particularly for flood-control projects) ignited widespread outrage, triggered investigations, exposed patronage networks across political camps, and revive

COMMENTARY By Hector A. Barrios, CenPEG Fellow and Trustee October 1, 2025 Government is, of course, accountable for all its acts. The...

Political Briefer Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)  August 2025   Introduction Philippine politics in August 2025 is...

As Congress deliberates on the proposed ₱6.793 trillion national budget for 2026, the Center for People Empowerment in Governance...

PRESS RELEASE August 18, 2025   Manila, August 2025 – The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) today raised serious...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s declaration in his 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA) to scrutinize and publicize all flood control...

pangngalan (tong-pats) halagang idinadagdag o ipinapatong sa totoong gastos o badyet, kung kaya lumolobo nang husto ang project cost;...

pangngalan (show-ma-ni) perang ginagamit sa mga korap na transaksyon, tulad ng pangingikil at panunuhol noun . cash used in corrupt...

asul pangngalan (a-sul) sanlibong piso (tingnan din ang bulig, kyaw, jovijo) noun . (a-sul) one thousand peso bill; literally, blue,...