{"id":2568,"date":"2025-09-03T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:23:14","slug":"p52-b-distinct-insertions-sa-2026-nep-tatanggalin-ng-senado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/p52-b-distinct-insertions-sa-2026-nep-tatanggalin-ng-senado\/","title":{"rendered":"P52-B \u2018distinct\u2019 insertions sa 2026 NEP, tatanggalin ng Senado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ni Ernie Reyes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2_3t2vy7XHk\/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&amp;rs=AOn4CLAUr8Gg9cMPXEapLkgPb0ZzGskF4A\" alt=\"Sen. PING LACSON on Protecting Education Budget from an Unconstitutional  &quot;Milagro&quot; (Sept. 1, 2025)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nakatakdang tanggalin ng Senado ang mahigit P51.8 bilyong \u201cdistinct\u201d insertions na pawang kuwestiyonable&nbsp;na nakalagay sa panukalang 2026 National Expenditure Program na isinumite ng Palasyo sa Kongreso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayon kina Senador Panfilo Lacson at Senate Committee on Finance chair Sherwin Gatchalian, na makikipagtulungan sila sa&nbsp;Department of Budget and Management (DBM) at Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) upang ilipat ang hihigit sa PHP51.82 billion sa questionable \u201cdistinct\u201d insertions sa panukalang 2026 national budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pinuna ni Lacson ang lump-sum allocation na itinuturing nitong malabo at potensiyal na aabusuhin sa ginanap na briefing ng&nbsp;Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tinukoy ni Lacson na may ilang item na may multiple entries para sa flood management program sa Metro Manila at &nbsp;Region 1 (Ilocos), Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), at Region 3 (Central Luzon) na magkakaparehong presyo pero walang espisipikong detalye ng proyekto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSen. Gatchalian and I want to remove these vague entries in the NEP (National Expenditure Program). It seems those who inserted these items plan to make them ghost projects. We could not identify who inserted them,\u201d ani Lacson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayon kay Lacson na layunin ng paglilipat na pondohan ang priority program alinsunod sa Philippine Medium-Term Development Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we amend the budget bill, we intend to realign these items\u2026 so our amendments will be aligned with the direction that the national government wants to take,\u201d aniya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilan sa nakitang item na puwedeng abusuhin sa bicameral conference committee tulad ng P152 bilyong insertions na kinaltas sa pondo ng edukasyon at kalusugan, ang 88 items na magkakapareho ang presyo na aabot saP50 milyon kada sa (P13.2 bilyon), &nbsp;373 items na may halagang PHP100 million each (PHP37.3 billion), at 11 items na may halagang PHP120 million each (PHP1.32 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBudget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, who was present at the DBCC hearing Tuesday, agreed to coordinate with Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon on the realignment, following Lacson\u2019s call for executive sessions to determine which projects should receive funding,\u201d ayon kay Lacson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sa kanyang privilege speech noong Aug. 20, ipinakita ni Lacson &nbsp;ang ilang paulit-ulit na alokasyon sa katulad na halaga ng kontrata bilang \u201cdistinct\u201d na isang &nbsp;&nbsp;coded budget system na senyales sa may-ari ng proyekto kaya nagkakaroon ng &nbsp;ghost projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen contractors invade Congress and lawmakers invade the construction business, this is the outcome,\u201d babala ni Lacson, saka idinagdag na \u201cvague insertions hit Filipinos with a \u201cquadruple whammy\u201d as they appear in the NEP, the House and Senate versions of the budget, and in the bicameral conference committee.&nbsp;\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernie Reyes nag-uulat para sa RoadNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ni Ernie Reyes Nakatakdang tanggalin ng Senado ang mahigit P51.8 bilyong &ldquo;distinct&rdquo; insertions na pawang&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bansa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Darwell Baldos","author_link":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/author\/darwell\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/category\/bansa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">BANSA<\/a>","tag_info":"BANSA","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions\/2569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}