Noticeably, the 2025 DPWH budget increased by P213 billion, from P900 billion under the National Expenditure Program (NEP) to P1.113 trillion after the bicameral conference committee.
God willing and with an enlightened electorate, in the exercise of congressional oversight, among others, I pledge to scrutinize each and every additional item that caused the spike in the agency’s budget, among other items in the 2025 GAA.
Having said that, assuming it comes from congressional insertions, let me reiterate my usual and oft-repeated concern about the attendant poor or lack of proper planing and vetting by the DPWH, which has the proper authority to implement these “whimsically inserted” budgeted items that could very well end up in either unutilization of funds or poor implementation that will not be responsive to the needs and priorities of the country in general and the communities in particular.
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Yes po, Sen. Ping, nakakadurog na po ng puso Ang lantaran at walang pakundangan at walang kahihiyan ng marami sa mga humahawak at nagdi-disperse ng pera ng bayan. Napakatagal nang nagtitiis ang taong bayan sa pagyurak sa bayan at panggagah*asa ng mga ito sa pondo ng bayan. Walang pag-asa umunlad Ang isang bansa kung napakalaki NG pagitan ng mayayaman at mahihirap. Infrastructure projects Ang pang”busog” sa mata ni Juan para patuloy na maniwala na pinagsisilbihan sila NG gobyerno at hindi mastadong mainda Ang gutom. Nakakadurog ng puso at pride ba patuloy tayong naiiwan ng mga kalapit no ating bansa dahil sa TALAMAK na CORRUPTION sa ating bansa.
We really need someone like you Sen. Ping in the Senate, with an eagle eye in scrutinizing insertions, thus safeguarding our national budget.