00:00After almost two weeks of marathon deliberation and interpellation of the Senators in the proposed 2025 National Budget, it's over.
00:11And among the last participants, the DSWD was given the upper hand by the Senators because of their sacrifice.
00:20Daniel Manalas is now in the center of the news.
00:22The Senators have now finished the period of interpellations or the time of debate for the 2025 proposed National Budget.
00:32The session will end soon, where a number of members have participated.
00:37In the budget of the DSWD, it was asked which agency of the government is the fastest to approach those whose homes were damaged if there is a calamity.
00:45I would like to ask for the purchase of iron.
00:48In the end, the DSWD is still the fastest.
00:52If the list of officials and the local social welfare were completed and verified,
00:59within a week, the affected were paid in Bicol by Typhoon Cristil, and each was given P10,000.
01:09I hope so.
01:12Senator Loren Legarda was asked what is the difference between the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations Program and the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program.
01:21Senator Aimee Marcos has an opinion on this.
01:24This is why I am proposing to add the Developmental Program.
01:31And on the other hand, to unify the AICS and ACAP so that there will be no more disputes, conflicts, and conflicts.
01:40In the budget of the DICT, Senator Risa Honteveros was asked what is the problem of a mobile wallet app
01:47where it was reported that there was an unauthorized transaction of fund transfer.
01:52Last November 11, it was reported that the DICT had started its investigation of the incident.
01:59How can the DICT confirm if the unauthorized deductions are really the cause of reconciliation errors
02:08or like what some people suspect, by hackers or other malicious actors.
02:14The DICT investigated the matter in coordination with the BSP.
02:18Fintechs, including GCash, is regulated by the BSP.
02:25But in this particular case, the DICT coordinated with the BSP to investigate what really happened.
02:33In the deliberation of the budget of the DPWH,
02:36some senators were asked what are the big-ticket flood control projects that can help with the flood problem.
02:43There's an ongoing updating of Marikina Passing.
02:47What I also know, actually, there's also the study of the Sierra Madre flow of the water from the Sierra Madre mountains
03:00and how it is actually the construction of three dams.
03:06But that's the long-term project.
03:08We also have the MMDA that they're in charge of these pumps, water pumps, pumping stations all over Metro Manila.
03:19Now that the period of interpellations is over,
03:21it is expected that the period of amendments will be followed
03:24where the lawmakers can issue amendments.
03:29Before the approval of the budget.
03:32Daniel Mananastas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
