Sprint vs budget plunder
The Supreme Court must preempt a scheming Congress before the bad habits resume.
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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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The maritime and manning industries of the Philippines contributed P1.06 trillion to the national economy last year, according to a study by the University of…
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