Senate majority to strip 2027 budget of ‘corruption-prone’ items | The wRap

Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism. Senator Ping Lacson says the Senate majority bloc is united in removing ‘corruption-prone’ items from the House-approved version of the proposed 2027 national budget. A report by state auditors says firms with questionable capacity bagged thousands of public works contracts. The Moro National Liberation Front, or MNLF, denies it is the -quote- ‘powerful armed group’ sheltering Senator Bato dela Rosa. The Department of Education completes a massive procurement of 170,000 MacBook Neo laptops for teachers and staff nationwide.