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                    [Title] => Drilon: No hidden lump sums in budget
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Allegations of hidden lump sums in the proposed P3.002-trillion national budget are crazy and unfounded, Senate President Frank Drilon said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-13 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150814/Drilon-7.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1396940 [Title] => SC ruling allowed lawmakers’ projects [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court ruling striking down the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) as unconstitutional does not bar lawmakers from including their projects in the national budget, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141129/supreme-court-5.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1353236 [Title] => Budget as poll funds? Absurd, says Palace [Summary] =>

Absurd was how Malacañang described claims that the proposed national budget for next year could be used for the 2016 elections in view of its numerous lump sums and automatic appropriations.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140803/budget-palace-7.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1278764 [Title] => Senators: SC won't declare lump sum appropriations unconstitutional [Summary] =>

Administration senators Sergio Osmeña III and Francis Escudero on Tuesday defended the legality of lump sum appropriations under the 2014 budget, which is now the subject of a petition before the Supreme Court.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-14 17:00:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1278580 [Title] => SC asked to strike out lump sum items in GAA [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court (SC) was asked yesterday to void four items in this year’s national budget.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img22/5076/m3u2.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1272992 [Title] => Ex-national treasurer calls on public to monitor budget [Summary] =>

Former national treasurer Leonor Briones urged the public to remain vigilant in monitoring lump sums and the approved general provisions in the bicameral appeal budget where vulnerabilities are still present.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1260571 [Title] => Ruling against PDAF also removes DAP [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court prescribes line-item budgeting from hereon. So it abolishes lump sum allocations like PDAF and DAP.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1260580 [Title] => SC justices divided over legality of DAP [Summary] =>

Will President Aquino’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) suffer the same fate as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Congress in the Supreme Court (SC)?

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img843/4422/gen3m.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 770106 [Title] => DBM: No more lump sums in 2013 budget [Summary] =>

The Aquino administration will be doing away with the lump sum funds in the proposal for next year’s budget since all agencies will be required to provide “comprehensive details” for government allocations, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88265 [Title] => Cayetano seeks higher pension for judges [Summary] =>

Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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