‘Ti, ano kung Benitez ka?’: Bacolod allies nearly come to blows over city’s debts

Rappler - Oct 19, 2026

A dispute over the city government's debts erupted into a shouting match, with both Bacolod Representative Albee Benitez and a city councilor taking turns in slamming the table as other officials and guests looked on

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MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Thursday urged Congress to clarify the Supreme Court’s ruling on unprogrammed appropriations, particularly provisions that may infringe on its constitutional authority over budgeting. The SC, in its decision declaring key provisions of the 2024, 2025, and 2026 national budgets unconstitutional, prescribed conditions that unprogrammed appropriations must

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Celebrity Traitors say exactly why Traitors had 'dream scenario' for Ross Kemp's murder in plain sight

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Latter-day Saints group donates disaster gear to Army reservists

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Minnesota Somali fraudster billed taxpayers $1m for feeding hungry children... then used cash to pay off her mortgage and buy a Lexus

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Wall Street banker, 38, stares silently into the distance as he makes latest court appearance on charges of raping woman, 25, that saw him lose job offer

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