Senate defers approval of DPWH's P625-B 2026 budget; over half could be slashed

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A Senate finance subpanel deferred the approval of the proposed P625.78-billion budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for 2026 on Monday, Oct. 20. (Contributed video via Dhel Nazario | MB)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/10/20/senate-defers-approval-of-dpwhs-p625-b-2026-budget-over-half-could-be-slashed  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00All parking...

00:02Pwede ang tanggalin?

00:04Pwede ang tanggalin?

00:06Pwede ang pwedeng budget

00:08sa 2020?

00:10Kasi may pang-50

00:12na pwedeng i-bawas

00:14tapos ngayon 200?

00:16Ang pwedeng potential tanggalin is

00:18348 billion.

00:20348? 300 kasi yung

00:22red flags is already

00:24271

00:26tapos yung

00:28yung overpricing

00:30na 20% across the board

00:32sa Cali, it's another

00:3470 something. So more or less

00:36mga 340 something.

00:38348. Final na yung 20%?

00:40Hindi pa naman final yan

00:42but yan yung mga estimates namin

00:44sa ngayon. So kung ang budget nila

00:46is about 600 plus

00:48tanggalin mo ng

00:50340 plus, so mga

00:52350 ang matitira more or less.

00:54So that would be the bare minimum

00:56budget? Potensya lang to ah.

00:58Subject to their, yung

01:00sasubmit nila ng mga documents

01:02at details. Kasi nakita nyo naman

01:04may kalsyada na walang

01:06kinatilang, gaano kahaba, saan.

01:08So ang nangyayari

01:10kasi dyan, kung double ang

01:12entry, yung budget

01:14lalabas dalawa at pwedeng

01:16gamitin ng district engineer kung saan

01:18yung pwedeng gamitin. So

01:20dyan talagang mangyayari yung mga

01:22ghost project at na

01:24anomalya. Until Monday pa naman sabi nyo

01:26pwede sila. Until Monday. So they have to justify it

01:28until Monday.

01:30Right now, differ, hindi naman

01:32na differ ba tawag doon officially?

01:36Differ ang tawag ko kasi

01:38dapat i-approve ngayon, differ

01:40to Monday.

01:42Silla tawag doon

01:44mga kao kasi

01:46pamitin ng tawag doon

01:48nyan

01:50nyan

01:52mga

01:54You

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