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A blank check against the Constitution: Why unprogrammed appropriations must fall

By POINT OF VIEW | By Florencio Abad | January 11, 2026 - 12:00am

Unprogrammed appropriations, as embedded in recent General Appropriations Acts, represent a grave constitutional distortion of the national budget process and must be declared unconstitutional by the Suprem

Opinion

Government disburses 98.9% of 2011 budget

By Iris Gonzales | January 12, 2012 - 12:00am

The Aquino administration has disbursed 98.9 percent or P1.626-trillion of its 2011 budget, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad said yesterday.

Business

Abolishing discretionary budget items may help narrow RP deficit

February 5, 2010 - 10:00pm

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Eliminating highly discretionary lump sum items and unprogrammed funds from its annual budget can help the Philippine government in narrowing its huge deficit, analysts said.