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MANILA, Philippines — Congress has increased unprogrammed appropriations (UA), or standby funds, in the national budget beyond what President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. proposed, to park their pork barrel as “budget insertions,” economists told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. On the first day of the oral arguments on the consolidated petitions questioning the legality of UA in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA), economists who served as former budget officials and economic managers in previous administrations shared their expert opinion as amici curiae to the Supreme Court on why the controversial budget item deliberated and tinkered by lawmakers should […]... Keep on reading: Congress hiked standby funds in 2024-26 budgets for 'pork,' SC told
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