Top political stories of 2025: The national budget mess

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 The national budget mess

In 2025, the controversy over bicameral shenanigans in the national budget amplified calls for budget transparency, although lawmakers' promise of reforms drew mixed results

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. entered 2025 carrying baggage from the previous year — the national budget.

The 2025 General Appropriations Act drew significant backlash, with its harshest critics calling it the most corrupt budget ever passed.

Rappler’s Dwight de Leon recaps the controversy over bicameral shenanigans that later amplified calls for budget transparency, although lawmakers’ promise of reforms drew mixed results. – Rappler.com

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