• 3 weeks ago
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Transcript
00:00In the continuation of listening to the 2025 national budget in the Senate, the allocation of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund
00:09that is used whenever there is a typhoon or other disasters is being increased.
00:12According to 2025 General Appropriations Bill Sponsor Senator Grace Poe, the committee of the Senate approved more than P21 billion in NDRR-MF.
00:24It is more than P20.5 billion in 2024 based on the National Expenditure Program.
00:31For Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel, the additional fund should be higher,
00:37especially when President Bongbong Marcos said that the Quick Response Fund is running out because of the next typhoons.
00:45If the NDRR-MF is not enough, he said that he can get a contingency fund of P13 billion.
00:53He said that the allocation can be increased before the budget deliberation of the Senate is completed.

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