{
  "id": 15864981,
  "title": "Philippine Supreme Court declares 2024 and 2025 budget laws unconstitutional over excessive 'unprogrammed' appropriations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/philippine-supreme-court-declares-2024-and-2025-budget-laws",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T07:43:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/philippine-supreme-court-declares-2024-and-2025-budget-laws-unconstitutional-over-excessive-unprogrammed-appropriations-1.500717239"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Manila: The Philippine Supreme Court ruled that Congress exceeded its constitutional power when it added ₱449.5 billion ($7.12 billion) to the 2024 national budget’s unprogrammed appropriations, raising total spending above the amount President Marcos proposed. Unprogrammed funds are standby allocations under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) released only if revenue or financing becomes…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}