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The Senate finance committee endorsed a 7.1% budget increase for the interior department to plenary, even as senators raised questions about equipment shortfalls, an additional ₱200-million request for confidential funds, and a recruitment corruption scheme within the Bureau of Fire Protection.

The anti-graft court's Third Division ruled the Office of the Ombudsman violated Jed Patrick Mabilog's constitutional right to a speedy disposition of cases by taking almost seven years to file charges over a 2015 Iloilo City towing contract.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government introduces a comprehensive ranking system measuring LGU efficiency, transparency, and citizen satisfaction.