MANILA, Philippines – ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio said on Monday that he had observed a pattern of “padding” in some line items of the executive’s proposed budget, which were later cut and may have been used as vehicles for congressional insertions when lawmakers revised the spending plan. At a congressional briefing on the proposed spending plan for next year, Tinio said foreign-assisted projects under the transportation and public works departments had been used to carve out allocations for reallocated funds totaling tens to hundreds of billions of pesos in General Appropriations Acts (GAAs) dating back to 2023. “I have noticed a pattern, […]...Keep on reading: Tinio flags budget ‘padding’ as vehicle for congressional insertions