00:00Both the Department of Transportation or DOTR and the Department of Education or DEPED face Senate lawmakers to defend their respective budget proposals for next year.
00:11The DEPED was asked about how it would ensure the optimal use of the resources allotted to them.
00:17While Senator Coco Pimentel asked the DOTR about the Philippine Coast Guard or PCG's guidelines after it was revealed, dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo supposedly slipped out of the country on board a yacht.
00:48And that is the reason why we are now revising the circular, Your Honor, so the Coast Guard will have a role in the enforcement in this kind of vessels, Your Honor.
00:59You are revising? When you are revising, when will it be effective?
01:07We're looking at October, Your Honor, we should be done.
01:10And what is the revision?
01:11To include non-common carriers in the implementation of pre-departure inspection, Your Honor.
