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Now it’s a P23-B CCT project EDITORIAL 05/20/2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

Now it’s a P23-B CCT project

EDITORIAL
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05/20/2011
Noy’s favorite Cabinet secretary, Dinky Soliman, since she seems to have cornered the juiciest part of this year’s budget appeared to have gained more favors as the budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program was quietly jacked up by P2 billion.

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, nevertheless, Dinky’s P2-billion extra fund went to the program grant presumably to boost the cash being distributed to the poor.

The problem seems to be in the fact that the beneficiaries remained at 2.3 million families that presupposes the program lacked the groundwork to really determine the amount that each of the poor families would get.

Also, her report to the House should have included the progress of the CCT program, particularly the percentage of the targeted families who were already reached since it would appear that most of the cash in the program had already been transferred, the reason for the extra budget and it is not even the middle of the year yet..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110520com1.html

1 comment

Anonymous said...

Stinky... Dinky. Code NGO. Yan na nga sinasabi matagal na.

And that bald headed kapreh Abad and his wife house committee chairman for appropriations and child also strategically placed when it comes to money.

We know who they are...

Kayo mga pinoy, palalampasin nyo naman yan ano? Mahilig talaga kayo sa iyakan, adik na sa pagpapasakit sa sarili.

Kahit umiyak ka pa sa senado habang naka condom...

Paki ko sa inyo ngayon.

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