Palace: Budget red flags can lead again to Marcos veto

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not hesitate to exercise his veto power to remove questionable allocations from the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027, Malacañang said on Tuesday, after civil society watchdogs flagged more than P1 trillion in allegedly irregular spending and pork-barrel items in the House-approved version of the measure. Palace

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