Business Groups Call for Removal of Unjustified Budget Insertions - BusinessWorld Online

This Halloween season, what scares me the most is the 2027 budget

The anomalies are piling up, and even business groups are taking a stance over the budget anomalies

Biz groups’ clamor: Purge 2027 budget of dubious insertions

MANILA, Philippines — Major business and civil society groups are calling on Congress to ensure that no budget insertions lacking technical justification make it into the 2027 national budget, as they seek to avoid a repeat of the “ghost” and substandard flood control projects that had tainted previous spending plans. Specifically, more than 30 groups flagged

Business groups call for removal of unjustified budget insertions - BusinessWorld Online

THIRTY-FIVE BUSIness and civil society groups on Thursday urged lawmakers to remove unjustified budget insertions from the proposed 2027 national budget and restore funding for foreign-assisted and transport infrastructure projects.

Business groups urge Congress to scrap P180-billion infra insertions

Almost 30 business organizations called on Congress to remove congressional additions amounting to almost P180 billion from the proposed 2027 national budget.