00:00 There is a mystique about rookie Senator Rafi Tulfo each time he goes on a Senate hearing
00:05 panel to quiz and/or grill high-ranking officials in the bureaucracy.
00:11 There is this anticipation of what will he say next that keeps the public in suspense,
00:16 much like how he bewailed earlier today the Energy Department/Budget and hit on the DBM
00:23 for not putting the cuts elsewhere, as our Daniel Manalastas reports.
00:29 Senators grilled the Department of Budget and Management on budget cuts for the Department
00:35 of Energy as DOE faced the Senators for its budget hearing. Senator Rafi Tulfo suggested
00:41 that those agencies who are associated or allegedly rife with corruption are the ones
00:46 who should get budget cuts.
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01:25 The DOE said there could be some effect on the budget cut.
01:28 (In Tagalog)
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02:10 Meanwhile, the National Electrification Administration aims for complete electrification of the country by 2027,
02:17 beginning with 91% electrification by next year and 94% by 2025.
02:24 (In Tagalog)
02:45 But they need the appropriate funds to make it possible.
02:48 (In Tagalog)
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