House finally terminates 2025 budget of OVP in plenary debates

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After giving the Office of the Vice President (OVP) three chances to appear before the plenary, the House of Representatives tackled the OVP’s proposed budget for 2025 on the final day of budget deliberations.  READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/25/house-finally-tackles-2025-budget-of-ovp-vp-sara-absent  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00In fact, Mr Speaker, the Office of the Vice-President can avail of these programmes.

00:09The Office of the Vice-President can request and in fact co-ordinate with these proper

00:15agencies to continue delivering the services as indicated and as planned out by the Office

00:22of the Vice-President.

00:23They can communicate and they can make an agreement or arrangement with, for example,

00:30DSWD or the Department of Health to make use of these funds in order that the sector that

00:36has been identified as a beneficiary of the Office of the President be served for the

00:42purpose of providing them assistance in the form of either medical assistance, scholarship

00:48aids, and the likes, Mr Speaker, Your Honour.

00:52It's just a matter of putting up a mechanism for these funds to be utilised properly because

00:58these agencies, apart from just being the proper agency to handle these funds, they

01:03have the absorptive capacity to implement these programmes, utilise the funds efficiently

01:09and expeditiously, Mr Speaker, Your Honour.

01:12Thank you, Mr Speaker, Distinguished Sponsor.

01:14It is a relief to know that even with the realigned budget, our people will still be

01:19served through the appropriate line agencies and as much as I still have questions, given

01:23that there are no research persons, I will now be including my interpolation.

01:26Thank you, Mr Speaker.

01:27Thank you, Distinguished Sponsor.

01:28Thank you, Congressman Rog Kuceriz.

01:29Nagag salamat.

01:30Majority Leader.

01:31Mr Speaker, I move to recognise Senior Deputy Minority Leader Paul Daza for his interpolation.

01:42The Honourable Paul Daza is recognised to interpolate the Sponsor.

01:49Thank you, Mr Speaker.

01:53Good afternoon to my colleagues.

01:56There are already many questions asked and we commend the Sponsor for his sponsorship

02:05and responses and it's good that it was taken up on the floor and having no more members

02:13who wish to propound any more questions, I move to terminate the period of sponsorship

02:19and debate for the budget of the Office of the Vice-President.

02:26Thank you very much.

02:27Majority Leader.

02:28Mr Speaker, on the part of the majority, we join the minority in its motion to terminate

02:37the interpolations of the proposed budget of the Office of the Vice-President.

02:41So moved, Mr Speaker.

02:43Thank you very much.

02:44There is a joint motion to terminate the interpolations on the proposed budget of the Office of the

02:49Vice-President.

02:51Is there any objection?

02:53The Chair hears none.

02:54The interpolations on the proposed budget on the Office of the Vice-President is hereby

02:59terminated.

03:00Nagag salamat, Mr Speaker.

03:02Nagag salamat.

03:03Session suspended.

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