Duterte pinirmahan na ang P3.35 trilyong budget para sa 2017

MANILA, Philippines — Pinirmahan na nung Huwebes ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang 2017 budget na nagkakahalaga ng P3.35 trillion pesos.

Sa kanyang speech, inilahad ni Duterte na ang nasabing budget ay “embodiment of Filipinos’ clamor for change.” Ang nasabing budget ay “pro-people, pro-investment, pro-growth and pro-development.”

“I have said this before and I will reiterate it. The budget is useless if the Filipino is not at its center. This budget is a credible budget where every peso will be spent for the governments, for the gains of the Filipino people,” pahayag niya.

Matapos maupo sa puwesto, ilang beses nabanggit ng pangulo na inubos ng nakaraang administrasyon ang budget para sa taong 2016 nang siya ay maupo.

“What was left to me was the budget for the maintenance and (other operating expenses) so when the drug problem erupted, we never expected that the number of addicts would turn out to be hundreds of thousands, I was really helpless,” pahayag ni Duterte.

“I could not get the money from the other departments and use it for the purpose of another department because I said, that would be stealing from Paul to pay Peter,” 

Breakdown

The Education department - P544.1 billion.

The Social Welfare department - P128.3 billion

“This annual amount includes 78.2 billion for the Conditional Cash Transfer program. CCT beneficiaries will also receive a monthly rice allowance to ensure that there is food on the table for every Filipino family,” 

“Both the young and the old will also be taken care of, (through) the supplemental feeding program for daycare children and the increased coverage of the social pension for the indigent senior citizens,” pahayag ni Duterte.

The Health department - P96.3 

The Interior and Local Government - P148 billion

“The national intensification and the household electrification program in off-grid areas will also be prioritized. Included in the budget of herein is the 1.1 billion budget, an increase of 38.4 from its 2016 budget is the electrification efforts for remote areas,” 

“This aims to empower our kababayans (countrymen) in provinces so they can be efficient and productive stakeholders in revitalizing our communities and industries,” pahayag ni Duterte.

The Defense department - P137.2 billion-.

“We will pursue the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Modernization Program for the maintenance of major equipment, aircraft vessels and increase in ammunition capacity as well as the veterans’ hospitalization benefits,”-

“Our men and women in uniform deserve development because they dedicate sweat and blood to protect our beloved Philippines,” 

The Public Works department - P454.7 billion 

Transportation department - P53.3billionn 

  

The Agriculture department - P45.2 billion

Free Irrigation for the farmers

Agrarian Reform department - P9.8 billion.

“The two departments will intensify their support to Agrarian Reform Communities (ARC) and non-ARC and redistribute agricultural lands to farmers,” ani Diokno.

Crop insurance to 1.3 million farmers and fisher folks.