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Certain provisions of the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP have been declared unconstitutional. This is exactly the decision of the Supreme Court. Consequently, the Palace reaped criticism from some sectors of our society due to the false distribution of additional funds to the legislators. There also calls for the return of the said funds to the state coffers by those involved in the issue. In its defense, the Palace said that they made use of […]
The Commission on Audit announced that almost Php 1.1 billion was spent by TESDA on fake scholars. Said money came from the controversial DAP.
Atty. Oliver Lozano filed an impeachment complaint against President Aquino in connection with the DAP, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
by Rey Mercaral The University of the Philippines benefited from the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP given by the Department of Budget and Management, according to a statement given Wednesday by Prof. Prospero De Veyra, Vice President for Public Affairs of the University of the Philippines. According to De Veyra, the university received 1.3 billion pesos in funds from the DBM last 2012. It was used for the rehabilitation of the dormitories inside the Diliman […]
Malacañang said that it does not regret realigning savings to provide funds for its projects under the Disbursement Acceleration Program, following the unanimous declaration of the Supreme Court that some parts of the DAP was unconstitutional.
Known allies of President Aquino dismissed calls for impeachment after the Supreme Court declared the unconstitutionality of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). According to House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., the President cannot be impeached because the promulgation of the DAP program was done with clean and most sincere of intentions. Marikina City Representative Miro Quimbo explained that even if the DAP has been declared and deemed unconstitutional, it will not serve as a ground for […]
Former Congressman Augusto Syjuco Jr., asked the Supreme Court to continue hearing of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) despite said case being asked by the government to be dismissed for being moot and academic.
