NAGSAPINAL na ng institutional amendments ang Kamara para pondohan ang mga mahahalagang programa ng gobyerno sa susunod na taon.
Sa kabuuang P77.5 Billion ang pondong idaragdag sa ilalim ng 2023 General Appropriations Bill para sa health, education, transportation at iba pang critical social services.
Number 1 sa listahan ang mga programa ng Department of Health (DOH).
Kabuuang P20.25-Billion ang dagdag sa pondo ng kagawaran kabilang na ang P13-Billlion budget para sa assistance for indigent patients.
P5-Billion para sa non-healthcare workers at frontliners.
At tig P500-million na dagdag pondo para sa Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute at Philippine Children’s Medical Center.
May dagdag din na pondo para sa dialysis assistance at cancer assistance program.
At P500 million para sa UP-Philippine General Hospital.
Dagdag pondo para sa DOH:
– Medical Assistance for Indigent Patients – P13-Billion
– Allowances for healthcare and non-healthcare workers/frontliners -P5B-Billion
– Philippine Heart Center – P500-Million
– Lung Center of the Philippines – P500-Million
– National Kidney and Transplant Institute – P500-Million
– Philippine Children’s Medical Center Health – P500-Million
– 10 dialysis assistance centers throughout the Philippines – P270-Million
– Cancer Assistance Program – P250-Million
– UP-PGH – P500-Million
Source: House of Representatives
Naglaan din ng dagdag pondo na P10-Billion para sa pagpapagawa ng classroom at P581-Million sa Special Education Program (SPED).
P10-Billion dagdag budget naman para sa pagpapagawa ng water systems sa mga underprivilege na mga barangay sa ilalim ng DPWH.
P12.5-Billion para sa AICS ng DPWH, P5-Billion para sa social pension ng mga senior citizen at P2.5 Billion para sa livelihood program.
May P5.5 Billion din na budget para sa Libreng Sakay program ng DOTr at bike lane construction.
May tig P5-Billion din para sa TESDA Scholarship at Tunong Dunong Program ng CHED at DOLE livelihood programs.
At iba pang programa sa 2023.
Dagdag pondo sa 2023:
– School building/classroom construction P10-Billion
– Special education programs P581-Million
– Water systems in underserved upland barangays P10-Billion
– DSWD AICS P12.5-Billion
– Senior pension program P5-Billion
– Sustainable Livelihood Program P2.5-Billion
– Libreng Sakay/Bike Lane Construction P5.5-Billion
– TESDA training/scholarship programs P5-Billion
– CHED’s Tulong Dunong Program P5-Billion
– DOLE livelihood and emergency employment programs P5-Billion
– DICT’s National broadband project P1.5-Billion
– New Comelec building P500-Million
– PNP Training Fund P300-Million
– DTI’s assistance for the creative industry P250-million
– Energy Regulatory Commission P150-million
– Office of the Solicitor General P147-million
– NEA’s barangay and sitio electrification program P50-million
Source: House of Representatives
Aminado naman ang Kamara na nahirapan silang magpasya sa pagbabago sa pondo.
“Hindi madali ang desisyong ito, ngunit ‘di rin makatwirang matulog ang pondo habang napakaraming pangangailangan ang milyun-milyong pamilyang Pilipino habang bumabangon ang bansa mula sa pandemya,” pahayag ni Rep. Zaldy Co, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations
Dahil sa mga dagdag pondo, binawasan ng P50-Billion budget ang railway programs ng DOTr.
