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The Department of Budget and Management has allocated almost P70 million to contributed support the commercialization of copra meal as feed alternative amid the high cost of imported commodities used in the livestock industry.
A senior opposition lawmaker is calling on his colleagues in the House of Representatives to step into the budget standoff between the Department of Budget and Management and the National Power Corp. over the latter’s 2023 budget allocation.
The Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management needs to be “abolished” to save on government funds merely funneled to bureaucratic corruption, just like the Department of Education’s purchase of pricey laptops, according to a lawmaker.
There are more than 160,000 unfilled positions in the national government, while 62,000 workers hold non-permanent positions, according to the Department of Budget and Management.
The government has included P220 billion in additional funds on top of the P5.02-trillion national budget for this year, the bulk of which were unprogrammed appropriations.