Buck stops at Palace
The racket began with Unprogrammed Appropriations, which are lump-sum funds with no line items.
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Unprogrammed Appropriations concerns
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Unprogrammed Appropriations concerns.
SC upholds unprogrammed funds, strikes down unconstitutional budget increases
The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of unprogrammed funds while striking down a P449.5-billion budget hike deemed unconstitutional, emphasizing…
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Palace seeks SC review of unprogrammed funds ruling
Malacañang seeks Supreme Court reconsideration on unprogrammed funds ruling, arguing that restrictions imposed could hinder government funding mechanisms for…
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SC voids P449.5-B unprogrammed funds hike
The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional Congress' P449.5-billion increase in unprogrammed appropriations under the 2024 national budget, citing…
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Where’s the master plan?
A master plan that addresses only rainfall and ignores garbage, housing and encroachment is not a comprehensive program that would respond to the worsening…
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Tipping point
Each week the Court stays silent is a week the UA hardens into place, unquestioned, on its way to becoming law.
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No other way but slay UA
The Supreme Court killed the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), the old pork barrel, in 2013.
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Grand theft season
The spending plan needed to put on a show because the flood control scandal blew the lid off a practice that had become normal: using the UA as a side door for…
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House vows safeguards on P112B unprogrammed funds in 2027 budget
The House vows to retain safeguards on unprogrammed appropriations as it reviews the P111.984 billion in standby funds proposed under the 2027 national budget.
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Vanishing holy grail
Either the paperwork behind a P450-billion swing in the budget never existed or it exists and Congress has been withholding it from the Court reviewing its…
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High Court orders final briefs in budget row
The Supreme Court concluded oral arguments on petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 2024–2026 national budgets, directing Congress, the DBM, and…
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SC Justice Villanueva narrows issues in 2024 unprogrammed appropriations
Supreme Court Associate Justice Raul Villanueva clarifies that petitions against the 2024 General Appropriations Act target only the sharp increase in…
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Time’s up
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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Pork over progress
Without congressional authorization on the funds, even fully disbursed foreign loans sit inert.e
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