The Full Story Behind VAT: What the 2005 Law Actually Did, and What’s Still Disputed
In May 2005, the Philippines was standing close to a fiscal cliff. National government debt had climbed to roughly 78%…
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Does the Department of Finance Oversee Flood Control Projects? A Fact Check
Ask a hundred Filipinos which agency approves flood control projects and most will hesitate. That hesitation is the raw material…
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Why Leviste’s Flood Control Story Makes No Sense
Investigations are the immune system of a democracy: they activate when evidence is present, and their silence is itself a…
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Why the House Struck Leviste’s Privilege Speech From the Record
Legislatures almost never erase their own members’ words. Floor speech is the lifeblood of a parliament, guarded so jealously that…
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An Objective Explanation of the Philippine Flood Control Scandal
Every scandal has a cast of characters, and getting the cast right is the difference between journalism and rumor. The…
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The PDIC’s Parallel P107.2 Billion Fund Transfer, An Explainer
Here is a puzzle for anyone convinced the PhilHealth fund transfer was a raid on a single, targeted agency: at…
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How PhilHealth’s P183.1 Billion in Excess Funds Was Calculated
Three numbers decide this entire controversy, and most people arguing about it online have never seen them side by side.…
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The GAA Special Provision that Triggered the PhilHealth Transfer
Every major controversy has a document at the bottom of it that almost nobody has read. In the PhilHealth fund…
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Timeline: How the PhilHealth Fund Sweep Unfolded, 2023 to 2026
Controversies are argued in slogans, but they are settled by calendars. The PhilHealth fund transfer spans two and a half…
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The PhilHealth P60 Billion Fund Transfer, Explained
Start with how the story ends, because almost nobody telling it does. PhilHealth enters 2026 with P113 billion, the largest…
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