Virgilio Sison
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Ph.D. Mathematics | Retired Professor
Philippines
Joined August 2012
Lay’s is taller, 140 g for ₱94.50, while Pringles is pricier at ₱114.50 for 134 g. I’ll compare the number of chips and the taste when I eat them later.
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Acop was the CIC chief in 1995 and was linked to the police operation that killed 11 members of the Kuratong Baleleng. The incident, led by Lacson, triggered allegations that the killings were a rubout, leading to legal complaints and years of controversy. The SC dismissed the
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Sarah Discaya is too small a fry to be the Flood Control Queen.
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If you think Cabral’s secrets will die with her, think again. This tragedy may instead open the floodgates of revelations.
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The BBM parametric formula that determines the allocable amounts in the NEP was allegedly known only to Cabral. An algorithm, despite having many assumed variables, is deterministic and can therefore be skewed. The outcomes speak for themselves. [I was intending to post this
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After all is said and done, the OVP’s original budget of P889 million was restored, overriding the House cut.
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Dizon personally went to the bicam to lobby for ₱45B to be restored to the DPWH budget, quite unprecedented as it blurs the separation of powers. But the bicam didn’t just say no, it approved a ₱529.6B budget that’s lower than the NEP and both chambers’ versions. That’s not a
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U.S. sanctions and Russia’s criminal verdicts are intended to weaken, even delegitimize, the ICC. This kind of institutional pressure may inevitably affect cases like PRRD’s, through delay, disruption, and erosion of authority.
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The zero budget for the Mindanao Railway Project in 2026 was again questioned in the bicam. The reason is simple, it wasn’t included in the NEP, meaning the government didn’t ask for funding in the first place. Clearly, it is not a priority.
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A senator says he’d rather have a reenacted budget than a new one with questionable items. Did he realize that would once again expose the public to what could be the most corrupt budget in history? Or is he admitting the 2025 and 2026 budgets barely differ? Unacceptable. The
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A strong political leader who wants to restore public trust in government should call for the abolition of the DPWH and the creation of an entirely new agency, the Department of Infrastructure, which would require a thorough reorganization, replacing or reassigning personnel,
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Former DPWH NCR RD Gerard Opulencia surrendered ₱40 million to the DOJ as part of his bid to become a state witness. This is only a small fraction of the ₱150 million he committed to return, money taken as kickbacks from illegal flood control projects. Did he actually disclose
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Dizon’s presence in the bicam derails the process. Is this a ploy for a re-enacted budget? The bicam’s main job is to reconcile the differences between the two versions of the budget bill. Instead, Dizon’s belated changes to the DPWH budget have triggered a deadlock.
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No, ES Recto, the ₱60-billion transfer wasn’t economically correct, it was just plain wrong, legally and morally.
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Unusual that an executive officer, DPWH Vince Dizon, was present in the bicam. What was he doing there?
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