Ang tama ay IPAGLABAN. Ang mali ay LABANAN.
Do not forget the 5% that LGUs appropriate annually to their local calamity fund (RA 10121) which they sparingly use. There could be tens of billions in their coffers combined.
That being said, unaffected LGUs may extend their hands to assist.
With due respect, hindi DRRMF ang nire-refer ko kundi ang local calamity fund. After 5 years, kung hindi nagamit ng LGU’s ang kanilang calamity fund, the same may be transferred to their general fund and utilized for other purposes.
Bad habits are indeed hard to break.
One reason why I did not attend the signing of the bicam report: Last night after our session, my office received from the House of Representatives through the Senate Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Office (LBRMO) one USB drive containing two files, the “Source” File and the “List” File.
Our preliminary scrutiny of the last-minute insertions made by the House would indicate that the Source File is the list of 1,253 budget items worth P83.219B that was apparently used as the congressmen’s ‘source’ of their ‘list’ of 742 projects worth P16.345B that were inserted in the bicam report that was signed by both panels this morning.
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