Chorus of ‘ayes’ drowns outcry
The long-awaited 2026 National Budget sailed through the House of Representatives in record time on Monday — less than a minute from start to finish. A chorus…
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The long-awaited 2026 National Budget sailed through the House of Representatives in record time on Monday — less than a minute from start to finish. A chorus…
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If the projects are not the product of rational planning, technical assessment, and genuine need, but instead are the result of political patronage, the…
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Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste on Sunday pushed back against what has been described as “stonewalling” by Department of Public Works and Highways…
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Were the proceeds from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ gold sales from January to 24 June used to plug over P200 billion in Unprogrammed Appropriations (UAs)?
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Recto has defended the transfer of excess funds, including P89.9 billion from PhilHealth and P117 billion from the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp, saying he…
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‘Ninety-seven percent of the total ASEAN hosting budget — or P17.55 billion — is directly under the Office of the President.’
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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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How did the proponents of the maneuver to tap Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA) to revive the pork barrel manage to raise funds for these standby items, despite…
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The controversy surrounding the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) reflects the great divide between government assurances of fiscal reform and the public…
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The Marcos Jr. administration has been placed in an ugly situation. To many people, the fault lies with the Secretary of Finance, who issued DoF Circular…
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In the Marcos budgets, however, the UA mutated into a receptacle to allow the insertion of the pork barrel in the budget with guaranteed funding.
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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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Justice Hernando’s position is direct and uncompromising. Unprogrammed appropriations, he argues, are unconstitutional in any form.
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Former House Appropriations Chair Isidro Ungab has raised concerns over the handling of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation funds, calling recent fund…
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The Constitution has no provisions that contemplate the UA; thus, the justice said the SC is duty-bound to nullify it.
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Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, in a separate concurring opinion regarding the court’s recent ruling on PhilHealth funds, argued…
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