Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Monday said deskgame online casino the budget of the Department of Education for fiscal year 2024 was increased to fund the launched by Vice President Sara Duterte. CQ9
Pangandaman made the statement after the Vice President said that she quit as DepEd chief because of how the budget was handled.
“Ang masasabi ko lang po, 'yung P700 billion, it was quite a huge increase po from the previous level niya noong 2023 because it was then kung kailan po ginawa and nilaunch ng ating Bise Presidente 'yung MATATAG Program kaya binigyan po natin 'yan ng pondo noong 2024,” she added.
(What I can say is that the P700 billion was a huge increase from the previous level in 2023 because it was when the MATATAG Program was launched that’s why we allocated funds for it.)
The DepEd Office of the Secretary received P715.3 billion under the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Duterte earlier said there were she resigned as Education secretary.
"Mahaba talaga 'yung listahan ng mga rason at iba-iba pa siya sa kategorya merong personal sa aming dalawa lang, merong DepEd, merong budget at merong sa bayan din," Duterte said in an interview with Marisol Abdurahman which aired on "24 Oras” on August 8.
(The list is long and it has different categories: personal between me and the President, DepEd-related, budget-related, and country-related.)
Further, Pangandaman said the DBM respects the wisdom of Congress when it comes to adjustments being made in the national budget.
“Of course, pag GAA, mayroon po tayong budget process, we always respect po 'yung wisdom ng ating Kongreso kung mayroon silang adjustments na gagawin sa budget,” she said.
(We always respect the wisdom of Congress whenever there are adjustments in the budget.) —AOL, GMA Integrated News
