House vows safeguards on P112B unprogrammed funds in 2027 budget
The House of Representatives will retain safeguards imposed on unprogrammed appropriations (UA) in the 2026 national budget as it scrutinizes the P111.984…
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The House of Representatives will retain safeguards imposed on unprogrammed appropriations (UA) in the 2026 national budget as it scrutinizes the P111.984…
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The Supreme Court must preempt a scheming Congress before the bad habits resume.
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Among the issues the SC is asked to resolve is the nature of Unprogrammed Appropriations and how far Congress and the executive can stretch it.
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‘My petition on the unconstitutionality of the unprogrammed appropriations — where the Supreme Court requested the SARO or special allotment release order —…
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Students from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), led by those from the Industrial Economics Program (IEP-Business Economics), swept the top…
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The BESF, Hernando insists, can contain only program appropriations and automatic appropriations. It cannot include unprogrammed ones.
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Balbieran is not sounding a doomsday alarm. He points to an ongoing infrastructure push as a potential buffer.
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Once the General Appropriations Act is passed, the executive suddenly discovers it alone gets to decide which projects live and which die.
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By exposing how the administration and its congressional partners have gamed the system, Drilon has placed the real question before the justices.
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United Airlines has updated its policies to require passengers to wear headphones when using personal electronic devices that produce sound during flights.
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Manila Central University (MCU) finally barged into the win column while Centro Escolar University (CEU) and reigning titlist Olivarez College continued their…
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The Floodgate scandal centered on hundreds of billions of pesos worth of ‘ghost’ and substandard flood control projects under the Department of Public Works…
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Packed with the aspiration to bring better governance to their respective localities, mayors and other local government unit staff attended the University of…
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A House leader on Wednesday slammed President Marcos Jr. and his Cabinet for “allowing” members of Congress to gut flagship projects to unprogrammed…
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In the separate and concurring opinion of Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando in the recent Supreme Court ruling that voided the diversion of P89.9 billion…
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The P60 billion in excess PhilHealth funds, recently ordered returned by the Supreme Court to the state insurer, were funneled to the contentious unprogrammed…
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