MANILA, Philippines — More than P13 billion of the barangay development fund under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) have already been released, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Friday.
During the meeting of the House committee on appropriations on the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act, Gabriela Women’s Rep. Arlene Brosas asked the budget department if funds from the NTF-Elcac’s program can be used for the Bayanihan measure.
“As of the latest data that we have, out of the P16.4 billion barangay development fund, we have already released a total of 13.064 billion… there’s only about P3 billion left and thes…
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