All in all, the 2026 budget is more of the same. They removed flood control allocations but made up for it in other ways.

Big businesses have infiltrated the halls of Congress. For instance, many lawmakers now are closely tied to construction companies and contractors wishing to hog projects bid out by the government.

POGOs seem to prefer to locate in the Philippines because they know that our laws and regulations are malleable, and they can get away with various crimes, thanks to our weak rule of law