• 3 months ago
Matinding pagbaha sa NCR at ilang karatig-probinsya, iimbestigahan na ng Kamara
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00:00The investigation of the camera on the heavy flooding that was experienced in Metro Manila and other provinces has already started.
00:08According to House Speaker Martin Romualdez, this is about where the problem occurred so that it won't happen again.
00:15This is what Mela Lesmora said.
00:19The camera will investigate the heavy flooding that was experienced in Metro Manila and other provinces due to the super typhoon Kareena and Habagat.
00:29According to the House Committee on Metro Manila Development Chair Rolando Valeriano,
00:33some agencies, such as DPWH and MMDA, should explain why our flood control systems were unable to contain the rain in the region.
00:45The committee also expects that other agencies that are responsible for providing assistance to our countrymen,
00:53such as DSWD, will provide their long-term plan regarding the situation.
00:59A hearing will be held on July 31.
01:01According to House Speaker Martin Romualdez, he supports the investigation.
01:06Of course, that's part of our oversight functions.
01:09We also have to have accountability for the correct spending of our budget.
01:14So we will see if it's effective, efficient, and correct.
01:17Hopefully, if something happens in the past and the spending is not correct,
01:22we cannot avoid that.
01:26Of course, we have accountability.
01:28Before the disaster hearing, the Department of Budget and Management turned over the 2025 National Expenditure Program to the House on Monday
01:37which will be the basis for the Congress to form the National Fund for the next year.
01:44Romualdez said that one of their priorities in the 2025 National Budget is the disaster response fund.
01:52We are ready. We can anticipate it because it's a semi-process.
01:56We have a budget for a few months.
01:59So we are ready to sign, read, review, and if possible, refine, amend,
02:07and prepare the budget that will be submitted by the DBM and the Executive in Congress.
02:15You can expect that before our first session here in September, we will finish the budget.
02:24Other congressmen also promised to help pass the National Fund for the needs of Filipinos.
02:35By the end of August, it is expected that lawmakers will vote on the National Fund.
02:43Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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