Senators questioned State economic managers today why the appropriation for health services for next year decreased.
“The budget does not sufficiently address the protection of public health which is key to our economic recovery. I don’t remember any other budget in the past where public health assumes such great importance in economic recovery. It is only this year and yet I think your budget does not respond adequately on that point. Hopefully you can take that into account,” Drilon told the Department of Budget and Management .
Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said that the decrease in the DoH’s budget was due to the fact that the government “was able to correspond to capital investments” and has already invested huge funds for the procurement of testing machines this year. He said that next year’s budget for the NTF-ELCAC is higher than the proposed budget of the Department of Labor and Employment which is only at P15.9 bilion, Department of Tourism which is only at P3.6 billion, Department of Trade and Industry which only has P5.5 billion, and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration which only has P7.9 billion.
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