MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the executive and legislative branches of government to comment on the petition challenging the constitutionality of Republic Act 12116 or the General Appropriations Act of 2025. Respondents were given 10 non-extendible days to submit their comment from receipt of notice. Named respondents are the House of Representatives represented by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Senate of the Phili…

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The SC ordered Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, the Senate, and the House of Representatives to respond to a petition challenging the constitutionality of the 2025 national budget.

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The Supreme Court has directed the House of Representatives, Senate and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin to comment on the petition against the 2025 national

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THE Supreme Court is set to tackle a high-stakes legal showdown over a controversial provision in the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that allows the government to tap surplus funds from state-owned corporations. The Court has scheduled oral arguments on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for two petitions challenging what critics call an unconstitutional maneuver that grants the executive branch unchecked spending power. The legal battle raises concerns ov…

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THE Supreme Court is set to conduct today (Tuesday) the oral arguments  on the three consolidated petitioners assailing the constitutionality of the insertions in the unprogrammed appropriations in the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) amounting to hundreds of billions of pesos     as well as the order to  transfer the P89.9 billion unutilized funds of  Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s  (PhilHealth)  to the national treasury.

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