00:00Senator Francis Escudero wants more transparency and accountability to protect public funds.
00:05The senator has filed Senate Bill No. 1461, also known as the Infrastructure Appropriations Integrity Act.
00:13This proposed bill aims to require all infrastructure projects to incorporate various mechanisms to locate any projects at any time.
00:21This includes station numbers, geotagging, geodetic coordinates, and more technology-based methodologies.
00:28Escudero has noted the importance of geotagging to check the status of a project and verify if work is really being done
00:36or if it's left hanging while the government keeps on releasing funds.
00:39He also said that all infrastructure projects must be supported by feasibility studies before getting funded and implemented.
