Editors' Pick
Editors' Pick
Every Peso Is A Promise
AS OUR NATION prepares to implement the 2026 National Budget of 6.793 trillion pesos, we do so at a time when the Filipino people are grappling not only with economic pressures but also with a deep erosion of trust in public institutions.
The recent revelations about nonexistent projects—allocations released, but no work done; funds spent, but no communities served—have shaken our collective conscience.
Corruption of this kind is not merely a technical failure. It is a moral failure, a betrayal of...