BUDGET PREP. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Eastern Visayas Regional Director Imelda Laceras on Wednesday (June 29, 2022) said they are eyeing holding a regional planning forum on the 2024 budget process. The forum aims to curb underspending and non-approval of some proposed funds among government agencies in Eastern Visayas.(Photo courtesy of DBM Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Regional Development Council (RDC) is eyeing to hold a regional planning forum on the 2024 budget process to curb underspending and non-approval of some proposed funds among government agencies in Eastern Visayas. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Regional Director Imelda Laceras said in a phone interview Wednesday the forum will serve as an avenue for government agencies to participate in the discussions that will guide them in the preparation of budget proposals. The RDC approved the conduct of the regional planning forum during its full council meeting on June 23. It will be held in August 2
first is, there is very little appropriate coordination among the agencies and there is issues that are not resolved because people don t know what other people are doing in terms of programs. the second thing is scale. so you ll have some very good programs that may be dealing with a couple hundred, even a few thousand but we re talking about millions of people that are now in jeopardy here and the other thing, i spoke with one of the senior officials at the usa id yesterday who told me that we ve never seen the velocity of this disruption since world war ii. in other words, yes, there are scale problems. yes, there is coordination problems but how fast this has developed because of the verocity of the war in ukraine overwhelms the agencies. there is a lot of work that needs to be done. i think it will happen. the question is, you know, later, may be too late for many
this capital city in its sights and they seem to inch ever closer whilst being held back notjust by the ukrainian defences but also problems of their own making, logistical ethical teas, coordination problems, a range of problems which are frustrating the russian ambition to try to move closer to the heart of this capital. try to move closer to the heart of this capital- try to move closer to the heart of this caital. ., , ., this capital. one wonders what the russian intentions this capital. one wonders what the russian intentions towards - this capital. one wonders what the russian intentions towards kyiv . this capital. one wonders what the | russian intentions towards kyiv are. roll the lay waste to the city in the way they have two a city like mariupol, and means to such a historic and cultural city with enormous importance to the russian people. you wonder will they try to destroy it and the way they have done other ukrainian cities. you ask the question done other ukrainian
double decker buses. inadequate care for two women who said they d been raped by smugglers, and another woman who claimed to have been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults, prompting significant safeguarding concerns. and migrants injuries left untreated. inspectors were told how a 16 year old girl picked up after a perilous channel crossing remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs and was now likely to be scarred for life. a previous inspection in september last year also revealed poor conditions at tug haven. at the time, the home office assured inspectors improvements would be made, with ministers blaming coordination problems with partner agencies. i think it s very obvious from our reports that we are frustrated, that we are independent monitors and inspectors of detention and we have been saying to the home office these conditions are not acceptable, and particularly not acceptable for the most v
a previous inspection in september last year, also revealed poor conditions at tug haven. at the time the home office assured inspectors that improvements would be made, with ministers blaming coordination problems with partner agencies. today, the chief inspector of prisons, charlie taylor, said this was not a sufficient explanation for why, one year later, we still found people being held for even longer in conditions that were so inadequate. responding, the home office said. that refers to controversial plans to use part of the ministry of defence base at manston in kent as a processing site for what they call illegal migrants, from next month. ministers say it will be part of a system that is fair on those who play by the rules, and firm on those who do not.