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