Minority lawmakers welcome SC ruling on 2024, 2025 budget
Minority lawmakers applaud the Supreme Court's decision to declare the 2024 and 2025 budgets unconstitutional, citing it as a step toward transparency and…
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unprogrammed appropriations (UA)
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on unprogrammed appropriations (UA).
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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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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Raise ‘IHUAS’ banner
The BESF, Hernando insists, can contain only program appropriations and automatic appropriations. It cannot include unprogrammed ones.
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Greed holds budget hostage
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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Palace‘s dirty little secret
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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House okays 2026 budget, cuts OVP allocation
The House approves the P6.793-trillion 2026 Philippine national budget, cutting Vice President Sara Duterte’s allocation and excluding P249-billion for…
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