00:00The latest disclosure of at least $100 billion in insertions by senators of the 19th Congress in the 2025 national budget left the president unpleasantly surprised.
00:11A development that cemented the president's decision to realign a quarter of the trillion pesos in planned flood control measures for next year to more deserving government agencies in the business of disaster relief, public education and health care,
00:25along with a guarantee of an insertion-free GAA next year as we hear more from this report.
00:34President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will not allow the 2026 national budget to be tainted with anomalies.
00:42This comes after the revelation of Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Ping Lakson that senators allegedly inserted programs and projects worth around $100 billion
00:53into the 2025 national budget during the 19th Congress.
00:58Kung meron man magkakamali o magiging anomalyang muli ang gagawin na budget sa 2026, yan po ay kanyang ibibito.
01:09So makakasiguro po tayo with all these things happening, makakaasa po ang taong bayan na magiging maayos ang 2026 budget
01:18at hindi po pahihintulutan na ng Pangulo ang mga maaanumalyang proyekto.
01:22Malacanang stood firm that it will strip down funds for flood control projects next year.
01:29The source, the remaining funds from 2025, and a warranty for substandard and ghost projects that have already been paid for and by the government.
01:39Liability po nila ito at dapat nila po itong tapusin.
01:42The Department of Public Works and Highways, or DPWH, requested over P250 billion for flood control projects.
01:50But the president ordered that these funds be transferred to other agencies.
01:55P36 billion will go to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD, to finance aid for the country's poorest families.
02:04P39 billion will go to the Department of Agriculture, or DA, to build more post-harvest facilities.
02:13Almost P90 million was realigned to the Department of Health, or DOH, and PhilHealth to boost funds for zero-balance billing and free medicines for the poor.
02:23Other allocations from flood control funds will also go to education, transportation, the Labor Department, and other government offices.
02:33Ayon sa Pangulo, titiyakin ng kanyang administrasyon na magagamit ng wasto ang pera ng taong bayan upang maponduhan ang pag-unlad ng lahat ng sektor ng ekonomiya.
02:46Maisulong ang kaginhawahan at mabigyan ng mas magandang kinabukasan ang susunod na henerasyon.
02:53President Marcos appointed former PNP Chief Retired Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. as Special Advisor and Investigator of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, or ICI.
03:07The President also thanked Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong for his service.
03:13The administration is confident that with Azurin's help, those behind corruption will be held accountable.
03:19William Theo for the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
