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Let me just explain why you can’t find project details in the SAROs. First and foremost, SAROs issued by DBM to cover releases to LGUs from funds under Allocations to

HAHAHAHAHA! Way to mislead people about the infrastructure spending to GDP . This graph from a PIDS study shows which administration actually increased the infra spending. Hahahaha! Pre-Aquino admin infra

1/x Okay, here goes my factchecking. I will explain this in Taglish para mas madali maintindihan. For context, magkano na ang total budget releases for COVID response. Ayon sa DBM

We know there’s a lot of flexibility provided by the Bayanihan Act in terms of recasting the two current budgets we have. Problem is, they don’t want to touch the

Totally agree that centralizing operations is inefficient. But there are budget technicalities that constrain the direct download of funds to LGUs, which really is more efficient. It’s a quandary! @johntmorales

Because I have a lot of time today, let’s set a few things straight about the 3.6% estimated deficit mentioned in this article. Read this thread if you want to

Good to see information on fund sources trickling out from the government! But just to provide some context read this threadhttps://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/04/01/duterte-report-details-projected-spending-in-fight-against-virus/ These are FUND SOUR