Discover how earmarking sets money aside for specific purposes in personal finance, organizations, politics, and more with historical and practical examples.

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio MANILA, Philippines — Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Wednesday dismissed ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio’s claims that the release ...

Malacañang rejected claims that the recent Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) release was a venue to distribute pork barrel funds to influence ...

Lawyer Levi Baligod, the private complainant in the pork barrel scam case against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, on Tuesday alleged that up to P800 billion in cash was delivered over the years to ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the launching “Sa Bagong Pilipinas, Bawat Bayan Makikinabang”—a national program designed to elevate the national government’s support for all local ...

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla has urged the Filipino people to scrutinize court proceedings, particularly in the trial of ...

Thailand’s old guard is back in power. After 26 years of turmoil — marked by street protests between yellow- and red-clad mobs, two military coups and multiple judicial interventions — the ...

The New Mexico Legislature is set allocate more than $1.255 billion for building projects throughout the state in the next fiscal year, including more than $175 million in pork barrel spending in the ...

Banning local pig farming and relying on pork imports shifts environmental costs abroad while deepening food security ...

“Allocable” began to emerge in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) budget after the original pork barrel—Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)—that explicitly allocated millions ...