00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. signed into law the 2025 national budget today.
00:05From the original 6.352 trillion peso proposal, the chief executive slashed it down to 6.326
00:12trillion pesos. The chief executive vetoed the 194 billion pesos worth of line items
00:19that are not aligned with the administration's priorities.
00:22Despite an earlier issue concerning its budget,
00:25the education sector still got the biggest allocation at 1.053 trillion pesos, followed
00:32by the Department of Public Works and Highways, or DPWH, with 1.034 trillion pesos.
00:38The budgets for the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development,
00:43Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Agriculture,
00:46Department of Transportation, the Judiciary, and Employment have just
00:54signed into law the 2025 General Appropriations Act.
00:57To ensure that government assistance is not merely a provisional solution
01:02to a persistent issue, we are compelled to subject the implementation of the Ayuda sa Kapus
01:09ng Kita program, or ACAP, to the convergence efforts of the DSWD, DOLE and NEDA.
01:16This way, we ensure that its implementation will be strategic,
01:21leading to the long-term improvement of the lives of qualified beneficiaries,
01:26while guarding against misuse and duplication and fragmented benefits.
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