Windows26: House panel pauses probe so VP Duterte can also face NBI

November 29, 2024

Hi there, reader! Today, we're covering the House panel's decision to pause its probe into VP Duterte to allow the NBI investigation, along with updates on the 2025 national budget.

House panel pauses probe so VP Duterte can also face NBI

The House of Representatives panel looking into Vice President Sara Duterte's alleged misuse of public funds has postponed its hearing on Friday to give way to the National Bureau of Investigation's probe.

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Gov't: No new taxes despite P6-trillion budget, political noise

The government's priority projects aimed at improving food security, infrastructure, and the economic climate have been assured of funding for 2025 and beyond without the need for new taxes, Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Thursday.

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Neda: Fate of rice tariff up to Marcos

Amid the quicker uptick in rice prices in October, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said it would submit its recommendations to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday for him to decide on rice import tariffs.

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OVP, Akap among thorny items in bicam budget talks

The bicameral congressional committee set to fine-tune the national budget for 2025 on Wednesday moved to create a technical working group (TWG) that would hammer out the differences between the Senate and the House versions of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), a move that again keeps deliberations away from public scrutiny amid calls to open these discussions to the public.

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Zobel lone Filipino in inaugural list of Top 50 Thought Leaders

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chair of the country's oldest conglomerate, was recognized as the lone Filipino business leader in London-based Thinkers50's inaugural Leaders50 list for spearheading "inspiring purposeful action" and steering Ayala Corp. into the diversified, multibillion-peso company it is today.

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EDITORIAL: The spectacle of selective justice

With a multitude of instances of Lady Justice winking conspiratorially at a privileged few, how the authorities deal with the Dutertes' criminal acts — Vice President Sara Duterte for "masterminding" the possible murder of three officials, and he for calling on the military to intervene in "a fractured governance" — bears close scrutiny. Will the relevant authorities finally step up and prove, once and for all, that no one is above the law?

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