On unprogrammed appropriations and Secretary Ralph Recto
On unprogrammed appropriations and Secretary Ralph Recto July 30, 2024 | 12:02 am My Cup Of Liberty By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr. Share https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2024/07/30/610842/on-unprogrammed-appropriations-and-secretary-ralph-recto/ T he use of the idle funds of some government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) like PhilHealth to fund the Unprogrammed Appropriations of the budget law, the General Appropriations Act (GAA), has become a big issue recently. See for instance, see these “Yellow Pad” columns in BusinessWorld : “Maharlika 2: This time, PhilHealth members are the victims” (July 1), “The P89.9 billion taken from PhilHealth are member contributions, not government subsidies” (July 22), “Lame arguments to justify the transfer of PhilHealth funds” (July 29). From the “Demand and Supply” column in the Philippine Star : “Unhealthy mess” (July 17) and “Shameless, Sec Ralph!” (July 24). And from “Gotcha” column also in the Philippine Star : “Now they’re st