NO SAFEGUARDS IN DINKY’S P21-B DOLEOUTS
‘Ghost families’ payouts certain
By Gerry Baldo 10/30/2010Bogus beneficiaries or “ghost families” are certain to benefit from Malacañang’s multibillion-peso cash doleout under the P21 billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, which funds will be handled exclusively by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
The House committee on appropriations has decided to keep the P21.194 billion fund for the DSWD’s CCT program intact, after President Aquino and his budget secretary, Butch Abad, released the pork barrel allocations of the congressmen, as well as their having been given P500,000 in bonuses, prior to the congressional recess, sweetening the approval pot.
Despite the committee’s approval of the CCT allocation without cuts, some congressional members yesterday questioned the agency’s capability to implement the program in the light of reports that the list of its supposed beneficiaries is filled with “ghost familes.”
Party-list Gabriela Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan and Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez pointed out that the program, which was initiated during the time of former President Gloria Arroyo, may not get the desired results under DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman who is plagued with questions about her involvement in the multi-billion PEACe bonds scam..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101030hed1.html
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