Higit P253-B mula sa panukalang budget sa 2025, nakalaan sa cash aid para sa mga nangangailangan
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00:00Heading Italian, the Department of Budget and Management, the programs that will go through the funds under the proposed 2025 national budget.
00:08Also included in the explanation is the budget for the government agencies. Alan Francisco in Italy.
00:18The government's assistance and programs will continue to be distributed when the 6.3 trillion pesos proposed 2025 national budget is passed.
00:27First is the assistance in inflation or raising the price of goods.
00:32More than P253 billion pesos were allocated as cash assistance to those in need.
00:38Like the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Social Pension, Walang Gutom, Food Stamp Program, and many more.
00:46We added Pantawid Pamilya because we included the first 1,000 days, the first 1,000 days or the first two years. That's why it increased.
01:03The medical assistance of the Department of Health is also included.
01:06The DOLE program, fuel subsidy of the Transportation Department and the fuel assistance of the Agriculture Department.
01:14The DOLE also received more than P980 million pesos for its youth employability program.
01:20President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. especially mentioned in his statement that the student and youth employability will be increased.
01:28The first special program for the employment of students, SPESPO, with P828.9 million pesos and the Job Start Program, JSP, with P155.2 million pesos.
01:44It had a substantial increase of 84 percent from last year's budget.
01:52The flood control projects and programs that can help reduce flooding will not stop.
01:58Not only in Metro Manila, but in the whole country.
02:00Now, P302 billion will go to DPWH.
02:08And then, P2.173 billion will go to the Metro Manila Development Authority.
02:17And then, there's a small one from OPAPRO.
02:20But these are for P10 million only.
02:28P2.173 billion.
02:32The budget department also said that the budget of the Office of the Vice President increased by 8 percent.
02:37Where the budget of the OVP is P2 billion next year.
02:42The total budget for next year in the NEP is P2.03 billion.
02:52P2.037 billion.
02:57P188.5 million is allocated for personal services.
03:03P1.79 billion for maintenance and other operating expenses and P56 million for capital outlay.
03:10While the budget of the government for confidential and intelligence funds in 2025 decreased by 16 percent compared to last year according to the DBM.
03:20It is from P12.378 billion in 2024 in GAA.
03:31And then now, our proposal is only P10,286,091 billion.
03:41Meanwhile, Budget Secretary Pangandaman also announced the implementation of the first tranche or the first drop in the salary increase of government employees this year.
03:51The Executive Order is expected to be issued for the details of the fourth tranche salary increase.
03:56Also included in the proposed 2025 National Budget is the provision of medical benefits to government workers worth P7,000.
04:07Yesterday, Secretary Pangandaman presented to President Marcos the proposed budget.
04:13First, I would like to thank the entire Cabinet for helping us prepare this fiscal year National Expenditure Program for next year.
04:22And we are all ready to defend our budget in Congress, both in House of Representatives, in the Senate in the coming weeks.
04:31And President Marcos also said that we did this meticulously and we did it without sleeping
04:41so that our budget will be responsive to the needs of our countrymen.
04:49So with that, I hope you'll, we're also promoting transparency in the national government.
04:55So I hope you'll be with us when we go to the Senate and Congress when we try to defend this budget.