MANILA, Philippines—Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday echoed her previous statements of pushing for the allocation of funds toward welfare and social protection programs, which have been her stand since the passage of the Bayanihan 1 and 2 Acts.
The opposition senator said, given the time the Philippines is in, saving up funds isn’t the right thing to do and the money could be allocated to save the marginalized sector of the society, especially after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses that ravaged Luzon and parts of Visayas this month.
She blasted the Department of Social Welfare and Development for what she described as sluggish efforts in helping the benefici…
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