BICAM ROUND 3: PORK BARREL GOES ON A WINNING STREAK The bicameral conference committee’s decision to balloon the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) budget to ₱63.8 billion, more than double the ₱27 billion originally proposed in the National Expenditure Program (NEP), is the latest and clearest proof that the pork barrel system…

BICAM DEADLOCK ON DPWH BUDGET IS ALL ABOUT KICKBACKS The current deadlock in the bicameral conference committee over the proposed 2026 national budget is plain and simple about pork. More specifically, about how much can be skimmed off the bloated budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The Lower House and Executive…

BICAM ROUND 2: IMPASSE ON PORK FORCES A DRAW For Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), the second round of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) deliberations on the 2026 national budget has again exposed the real battle behind closed doors: the fight to preserve billions in pork barrel funds. The current impasse stems from the House contingent’s…

BICAM ROUND 1: PORK BARREL WINS The first round of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) deliberations on the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) has made one thing clear: pork barrel once again emerged victorious at the expense of transparency, accountability, and the people’s urgent needs. Instead of heeding widespread calls to cut or substantially…

BICAM SHOULD DISCLOSE ALL INSERTIONS AND PORK BARREL ALLOCATIONS Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) demands that the bicameral conference committee immediately make public all amendments and insertions made so far on the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, including the complete list of “allocables” per district congressman,…

BAYAN SAYS BICAM DELAY IS RELATED TO THE SQUABBLE OVER PORK BARREL Bagong Alyansang Makabayan expresses disgust over the reported delay in the Bicameral proceedings for the 2026 budget bill and attributes it to the shameful squabbling of legislators over who gets the biggest cut in the pork barrel allocation. The Senate-approved budget has 146…

Para sa #HumanRightsDay Talumpati ni Teddy Casiño Mula sa Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, isang makabuluhang araw ng karapatang pantao sa inyong lahat! Sa araw na ito, ipinapaalala natin sa ating sarili at sa buong bayan na ang karapatang pantao ay hindi isang regalo ng estado kundi likas na bahagi ng ating pagkatao. Ang ating mga karapatan…

Marcos regime swift to harass protesters, useless in investigating corruption; Release impounded vehicles now Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the harassment of transport workers through the impoundment of at least 20 vehicles used during the November 30, 2025, mass mobilization against corruption. This vindictive act exposes the twisted priorities of the Marcos Jr. administration—ang sisipag manghuli…

PANAWAGAN NG BAYAN: IBASURA ANG 2026 BADYET NA NAMIMINTOG SA PORK BARREL INSERTIONS Kinokondena ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan ang panlilinlang ng gobyerno ni Marcos Jr. na sinasabing laban ito diumano sa korapsyon pero sa kabilang banda’y sinusulong sa 2026 badyet ang mga proyektong pork barrel sa pamamagitan ng “allocables” sa mga mambabatas, napakalaking mga “unprogrammed…

Bayan response to Palace claim that corruption campaign is nearing its endgame   The people, not the Palace, will decide the endgame of the anti-corruption fight.   To claim that the endgame is near is self-serving for a government that has yet to file charges against high-ranking officials in the House, Senate, and DPWH.  …