MANILA, Philippines — It’s the bureaucracy, not the money, that will cause problems in the government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Senator Francis Pangilinan said.
“Hindi pera ang problema, burukrasya ang problema,” Pangilinan said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.
(The problem is the bureaucracy, not the money.)
Under the proposed 2021 budget, P2.5 billion is lodged under the Department of Health (DOH) for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines. Some P70 billion is meanwhile placed under unprogrammed appropriations, funding for which will be released depending on the non-tax revenue collection of the government.
Another P10 billion is set aside under the B…
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