“The whole budgetary process was done in the most transparent and inclusive manner. The bicameral conference committee proposed changes which were contained in the bicameral report that the Senate ratified as a body and thus carried in the General Appropriations Act.
“The Department of Health (DOH) Family Health and Responsible Parenting (FHRP) program has an allocation of P2.2 Billion in 2016 and more than P1.2 Billion in the last quarter of 2015 to be implemented in 2016. There are also projected savings of P8.8 Billion which can be used.
May I just extend my congratulations to you for shepherding a climate change friendly budget, which is first in Philippine Budget history.
I am glad that the 2016 National Budget is replete with specific provisions concerning climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster reduction, as well as resiliency. You have stirred the bureaucracy into affirmative action for addressing the problems of climate change.
Thank you, and I look forward to working with you for the betterment of the country and the world. […]
Senator Loren Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, today further clarified the issue on the budget cut for the Department of Health’s (DOH) Family Health and Responsible Parenting (FHRP) program.
Hinihikayat ni Senador Loren Legarda ang Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) at lokal na unit ng gobyerno na ipatupad ang road sharing scheme sa Kalakhang Maynila upang mabawasan ang polusyon.
Sa isang special provision sa ating budget para sa 2016, nakasaad doon ang paglalaan ng pondo para sa road sharing activities.
Ayon kay Legarda, panahon na para wakasan ang car-centric approach kung saan naisasantabi ang mga sumasaky sa pampublikong sasakyan.
Sa road sharing scheme, 50% ng kalsada ay gagawing sidewalk para sa pedestrian, […]
MANILA – Sen. Loren Legarda clarified that the Department of Health (DOH) will still have an appropriation of P1.67 billlion intended for contraceptive purchases.
Earlier, Sec. Janette Garin revealed that the bicameral conference committee slashed P1 billion from DOH’s Family Health and Responsible Parenting (FHRP) program.
