Senate holds deliberations for 2025 nat'l budget

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00:00On the kickoff of the deliberations for the 2025 national budget,

00:04the amount of close to 159 billion pesos in unprogrammed funds

00:09was brought up along with the issue of how to pay the huge national debt,

00:14the bulk of which was amassed in the previous administration.

00:18Our Daniel Manalastas dwells on them, plus the poverty threshold

00:22and the controversial PhilHealth amount of tens of billions

00:26reverted to the Treasury in this report.

00:30As the Senate is poised to hold its budget deliberations in the plenary,

00:34a couple of issues that surfaced include the unprogrammed funds and poverty threshold.

00:40In May 2025, a new data will come out.

00:44A food nutritionist will come up with a nutritious meal plan

00:49based on what's available and then that meal plan will be submitted to the PSA.

00:57The controversial issue on PhilHealth returning to the Treasury of savings of unspent funds

01:04was also tackled and according to the budget sponsor...

01:07The secretaries always said we will follow the decision of the Supreme Court.

01:12Of course, we're hoping that we don't have to.

01:14I mean, they are hoping that we don't have to,

01:17but should we be required to return it, then we will find a way to do so.

01:24Senator Risa Hontiveros, meanwhile, raised the issue of late registration of birth.

01:291,627 birth certificates of foreign nationals were blocked by the PSA

01:35after its investigation, finding the documents to be spurious.

01:39Because this is a process that is also needed by our fellow countrymen

01:46who are acting in good faith and don't have bad intentions, true Filipinos.

01:51And on the issue of the country's debt,

01:54Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel raised this question.

01:58Does this administration intend to pay down our debt?

02:02They plan to make the economy grow faster than the debt.

02:06So the debt-to-GDP ratio will decrease.

02:10Senators are set to resume the budget deliberations in the coming days.

02:14Daniel Maranastas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.

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