Makabayan says there’s pork in bicam’s 2026 budget

Makabayan says there’s pork in bicam’s 2026 budget

MANILA, Philippines — The Koalisyong Makabayan, an umbrella organization of different progressive groups, has maintained that the bicameral conference committee’s final version of the proposed 2026 national budget still contains pork — even before the panel releases its report. Makabayan, in a statement, said that there is around P695.7 billion worth of pork-like funds in the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which supposedly includes unprogrammed appropriations worth P243 billion, infrastructure allocables, alleged local government pork, pork for uniformed officials, and a so-called soft pork. The bicameral committee has not yet released its report — as it is expected to send copies […]... Keep on reading: Makabayan says there’s pork in bicam’s 2026 budget