MANILA, Philippines — For letting the calamity fund – currently standing at P5.14 billion – remains unreleased, former Vice President Jejomar Binay said Monday that the administration was bordering on “criminal neglect.”
Headline: “P25B in calamity funds unspent amid pandemic.” This is bordering on criminal neglect. The money should be disbursed soonest to aid jobless workers and hungry Filipinos. Ano pa ang hinihintay nila? Panibagong pandemya?
— Jejomar C. Binay (@JojoCBinay) May 3, 2021
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has reported that as of March 31, P5.14 billion in the 2020 National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund (NDRRMF), known as the calamity fund, is still untouched.
READ: P25 billion in calamity funds unspent amid pandemic
“The money should be disbursed soonest to aid jobless workers and hungry Filipinos,” said Binay in a Twitter post on Monday.
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