Gibo open to DPWH fund realignment to boost defense spending

Manila Bulletin

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. expressed openness to realigning portions of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) budget to the DND to address the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) funding needs amid growing external security threats. (Video courtesy of DND Public Affairs)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/10/24/gibo-open-to-dpwh-fund-realignment-to-boost-defense-spending  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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00:00Thank you sir, DPWH. Hundreds of billboards nagkaroon ng slash sa budget.

00:05Sir, would you wish for the budget for the DPWH to be re-aligned on the amendments?

00:11Sino ba naman may ayaw talagang i-re-align?

00:14Pero one-off lang yun. Hindi year to year yun.

00:19Kasi kailangan din in the future, pag maayos lahat ng problema,

00:24kailangan din ondohan ang DPWH kasi importante ang kalsada, importante ang tulay.

00:33Lalo-lalo na yung dekalidad na kalsada at tulay na kayang buhatin ang kagamitan na kinakailangan natin.

00:41Hindi lamang sa AFP kung hindi, sa disaster risk reduction.

00:46No, isang araw lang, nalaglag yung kalye sa Dabao Butuan Road.

00:55Ito ay dahil kinain ng ulan yung ilalim ng bundok, gumuho yung side ng bundok.

01:03Ito ay major artery at kailangan itong maayos.

01:08Or kung hindi, i-relocate yung kalye depending sa study.

01:13So, bagamat gusto natin ang nakam-kam na ginakaw na pera na isole sa taong bayan para magastos ng tama,

01:28hindi lang ito ang solusyon.

01:29Kasi taon-taon kailangan gumastos tayo ng malaki para sa defense, lalong-lalo na ngayon na napakalaki ng hamon na hinaharap natin.

01:39Dahil sa kabalastugan na ginagawa ng China.

01:42Budget season pa rin yun, sir.

01:47Nailabin na rin ba sa mga senador or congressman na yun nga?

01:50Taasan kahit pa paano yung pondo for organization?

01:54Oh, receptive naman sila.

01:57Yun nga lang, mas importante sa akin ngayon, ang sustainment.

02:04Ngayon, sa pagbibili ng bagong kagamitan, yung sustainment ng pambayad sa utang, kasi napakalaki ng halaga.

02:13At habang tumatagal, nagbamahal ito.

02:16Kasi gustuhin man natin, hindi tumatahimik ang mundo eh.

02:21Hindi tumatahimik, we have to face that reality.

02:23Sir, baka pwede lang po pa-elaborate on what you said earlier about China's ride and slip when they declared Scarborough.

02:31Kasi tinatawag nila yung Scarborough na island eh.

02:36Wangyan daw yata ang tawag nila dyan.

02:39Eh, yan ang pinangalan nila.

02:40Eh, Seoul yun, hindi island yun.

02:42So, ano yung magsabihin? Gagawa sila na isla?

02:46Kaya talagang hindi mapapagkatiwalaan niya mga yan.

02:50Kahit yung India natuto ng masamang leksyon.

02:53Ah, sa mga yan, you know?

02:55Kaya, kung mag-uusap man, kailangan, kwentas klaras, maliwanag ang gabay.

03:03Ang gagabay sa usapin.

03:04Kung hindi, lilihisan ka lang, lulukuhin ka lang.

03:08So, kayo mismo sa iknaikita nyo yung possibility na magkaroon sila ng reclamation dun?

03:14Kahit na anong, kahit na anong posibilidad.

03:17Kasi bakit nila tinatawag na isla yan?

03:20Kung hindi naman isla, Seoul yan eh.

03:24So, bakit nila tinatawag na isla?

03:26Kaya ako, talagang hindi ko na tinatago na talagang kailangan mas puspusan ang ating deterrence kasama ng ating mga kaalyato.

03:40At puspusan din ang mga legal initiatives natin labang sa kanila.

03:45Dahil declared na ng arbitral award na artisanal fishing ground yan ng Vietnam, Pilipinas at ng China.

03:52Hindi, hindi pwedeng akuin ng isang bansa totally ang Scarborough Show ngayon.

04:05Dahil yan ay arbitral award.

04:07Nilalabag nila.

04:09Eh, mag-isip tayo na pamamaraan kung pataan o pakaalyado natin ng mundo na itigil ito.

04:17Sir, last na lang siguro. Sir, nabanggit niyo sa speech niyo po na nagpo-focus na tayo sa defense posture.

04:25Pero dito sa atin, may mga ilang retiradong sundalo na nagpapakalat po ng fake news against the military.

04:31And among them, may mga naghihikaya pa pong mag-aplast sa gobyerno.

04:36Ano po yung masasabi niyo po rito?

04:37Well, natural, itong mga ito, siguro eksaminin natin ang motibo.

04:43Dahil pag naghihikayat ka ng sandatahang lakas na mag-aklas sa gobyerno,

04:52ginugusto mo ang militar na magpatakbo ng gobyerno.

04:57Di ba? At the end of the day, wala ng batas kasi.

05:01At rule of law, nawawala.

05:03At ngayon, sino ang makikinabang?

05:06Ang makikinabang lamang ay ang mga kapani na mga bansa na hindi kasama ng buong mundo.

05:15Bakit?

05:16Kasi kung magkaroon ng extra-constitutional na galaw,

05:21number one, hindi ka kikilalanin, hindi ka i-recognize ng ibang mga bansa.

05:27If he-freeze yung mga accounts mo,

05:29hindi ka maaring makipag-negosyo,

05:31hindi ka pwede mag-remit.

05:34So, papano ka mabubuhay?

05:36Ang bubuhay lang sa'yo,

05:39ko konting bansa.

05:41Isa na yung China,

05:43kaya sanction nga sila eh.

05:45So, if you're willing to risk

05:46extra-constitutionality

05:49in the face of sanctions,

05:51sino,

05:52sino makikinabang?

05:54Sir, para doon sa sitwasyon yung Myanmar, sir?

05:58Well, exactly.

05:59Exactly.

06:00The situation of Myanmar.

06:03Thank you for pointing that out.

06:05Exactly.

06:06And I don't think Filipinos would like that.

06:09No.

06:11At the end of the day,

06:12any extra-constitutional move

06:14means,

06:15kung sino ang pinakamalakas na firepower,

06:18siya mamumuno.

06:19Eh, yan eh labag sa ating

06:21kagustuhan na maging malaya.

06:25No?

06:25Kaya,

06:26be careful for what you pray for.

06:28You may just get it.

06:30Yan ang kasabihan.

06:31Di ba?

06:31So, you support, sir,

06:33yung pag-review sa

06:34pension system po

06:35ng mga retirees nga po

06:37na may mga,

06:38let's say,

06:38seditious statement

06:39o misinformation.

06:40On two counts,

06:41number one,

06:42nire-review din natin

06:43yung pension system naman.

06:45Hindi lamang

06:45for

06:46the obligations

06:48that come with it,

06:49pero

06:49sa

06:50beneficyo din

06:52ng ating retirees.

06:53Kasi

06:53probably

06:5599%

06:56ng ating retirees

06:58are law-abiding.

06:59They know

07:00the limits

07:01of what

07:02the armed forces

07:03should and can do.

07:05And

07:06they also

07:06have sacrificed

07:08the better part

07:09of their lives

07:09honorably.

07:11So,

07:11their benefits

07:12should be

07:13also adjusted

07:14to keep in step

07:16sa adjustments

07:18din na nakukuha

07:19ng ating

07:20armed forces

07:21ngayon.

07:23Ngayon,

07:24that is

07:25the major

07:26initiative.

07:27Yung major

07:28initiative talaga

07:29kung paano

07:29mapabuti

07:31ang buhay

07:32ng mga retirado

07:33kaya

07:34meron tayong

07:35veterans

07:35valour clinics,

07:37veterans

07:37health system,

07:39pension reform,

07:41adjustments.

07:43On the other

07:45hand naman,

07:46sa mga

07:46kaso na ganito

07:47na talagang

07:48lantara,

07:50eh

07:50dapat

07:51i-prosecute

07:51ito

07:52at pag

07:53convicted

07:54tanggal

07:54ang pension.

07:55So,

07:57it is up

07:58to the

07:58courts.

07:59See you.

08:00Okay.

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