DSWD assures delivery of aid, services to Filipinos in need is unbiased, impartial during Lower House budget hearing
DSWD assures delivery of aid, services to Filipinos in need is unbiased, impartial during Lower House budget hearing
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00:00DSWD head honcho Rex Gachalian swears his agency's distribution of aid and relief assistance to indigents and calamity victims has been indiscriminate and impartial,
00:10pushing back on the vice president's latest grievance of social services being weaponized by the Marcus Jr. administration against its critics.
00:19Still, the DSWD chief vows to dig deeper into these allegations as we hear more from our Amela Las Moras.
00:25DSWD Secretary Rex Gachalian assured the public that their delivery of aid and government services to our countrymen in need is unbiased and impartial.
00:37This statement is in response to Vice President Sara Duterte's claim that government aid is allegedly being politicized.
00:44According to Gachalian, he's still looking into the full details of this allegation and assured a probe on the matter.
00:51We will consult with his staff, his constituent services people, to find out the details so that we can investigate it properly.
01:00But we have a standing policy in the DSWD that everyone will come to us.
01:05There's a referral letter, no referral letter, anyone who needs it will be helped by our social workers.
01:12Secretary Gachalian was interviewed by the media after he appeared before the House Committee on Appropriations hearing on their proposed budget for next year.
01:21Under the 2025 National Expenditure Program, the DSWD and its attached agencies are asking for a P229.78 billion allocation.
01:31Among the initiatives the lawmakers discussed was the government's flagship program, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps.
01:39We are happy to report to you that the rounds, the multiple rounds of special assessment have been completed.
01:441.4 million were special assessed and half of it was returned.
01:50Half of it was not returned.
01:52Those that were returned were also paid retroactively.
01:56Meanwhile, next week, one of the agencies expected to face the House Appropriations Committee is the office of the Vice President.
02:04The lawmakers are hoping the Vice President herself will attend so she can also address other issues.
02:10What I can assure the office of the Vice President, the Vice President is the House will extend courtesies.
02:18We'll definitely extend courtesies in the deliberation of the budget.
02:25The budget is based on the NEP that was submitted by the DBM.
02:31In addition to budget issues, the House of Representatives is also set to continue its Quad Committee hearing this Thursday
02:38on illegal pugos, illegal drugs, and the alleged extrajudicial killings during the previous administration.
02:44Lawmakers are calling for the invited personalities to attend and shed light on the issues raised in the previous hearing.
02:51They should answer the questions correctly, answer the allegations correctly, and the truth will be revealed in the Quad Committee's investigations.
03:00And I think to claim that it is politicking now, just because those names were mentioned,
03:06it would be a disservice to the rest of the hearings in which we've already tackled so much.
03:12Melalas Moras from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.