Nonetheless, I still think the 2021 NDRRM Fund should be used for pandemic response/ayuda but definitely, some of it should be saved for disaster season this year. I believe I mentioned this in my Rappler interview @reyaika and @RalfRivas a couple of weeks back.
Aside from the NDRRM Fund, there’s also the Contingent Fund that is subject. That’s 13 billion this year. That should also be tapped to fund the many unforeseen needs due to this pandemic.
Let me just explain why you can’t find project details in the SAROs.
First and foremost, SAROs issued by DBM to cover releases to LGUs from funds under Allocations to Local Government Units are not always one is to one as in one SARO per LGU especially if it’s a barangay.
Now, the NTF-ELCAC budget is under Allocations to Local Government Units. How is that fund released
Normally, the department that has oversight on the implementation of projects request the release of funds from DBM in batches or tranches.
Each batch will have its own project list attached to the special budget request submitted to DBM. That request is reviewed by DBM before a SARO is released.
For example, this 3B fund release. DBM will never release a SARO without a project list that shows at least a breakdown.
Also, shouldn't they be reporting their accomplishments since this is a pre-SONA briefing?
What's the point of reporting all these plans and targets if they don't support it with hard data to show how those budgets and investment benefitted ordinary Filipinos?
Look at this slide on the vaccination program. So what if those are their targets?
I mean, c'mon, we received 3 million doses and, @rapplerdotcom's vaccine tracker says 1.7 million has been administered.
And look how ACTUAL infra to GDP ratio has deteriorated since 2016? Hahahahahaha!
They were riding on the institutional reforms introduced by former DPWH Secretary Babes Singson. But well, well, well, they failed to meet their own sustain the momentum.
Heck, they couldn't even meet their own targets, better yet stick to those targets.. Hahahaha!
These were their medium-term targets at the start, published in no less than the 2018 People's Budget
I wonder where the Php673M figure came from. Maybe this is actual spending figure?
It's quite close to the OVP's budget for 2020 - nearly Php700M in the 2020 GAA - dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/upl…
It doesn't change the conclusion we can draw from this graph though.
Kahit Php900m 2021 OVP budget ang gamitin natin, or the 2020 OVP budget which is Php699.88m (to be exact), kapiranggot lang talaga iyon compared to the NTF-ELCAC funds.
2/x Anong mga kasama sa 568B? Basically merong mga fund releases authorized under Bayanihan 1 and 2 such as cash transfers ng DSWD, wage subsidies ng DOLE, those coursed through SSS and other COVID-related health and operational expenditures.