Confirmed. Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte's district received P51 billion pesos during the last 3 years of his father's presidency. His own father's office requested for such amounts in the national budget.
This was confirmed by Public Works Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral to ABS-CBN Henry Omaga-Diaz.
According the House Appropriations Chair Rep. Elizaldy Co, the average budget allocation per district is P500 million P4 billion pesos. Budget Assistant Secretary Rhea Dela Vega says that this could only mean that projects in other districts were cut to make room for the P51 billion allocated to Rep. Duterte's district.
Rep. Co claims that Philippine lawmakers are complaining about the unfairness of the budget distribution whilst local political commentators report that Rep,. Duterte has become politically isolated in the House after recent revelations.
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One thing I noticed is that yung mga taong great with kids, sadly, sila yung di nabibiyayaan ng anak. 😞 Hays.
Buti na lang di ako great sa kids. Charot.
12 daw ang anak na binubuhay. Like, problema ko ba yun?! Hello, hindi nga makatarungan yung presyo nya tapos dadaanin mo ko sa dahilanh marami kang anak. Dapat hindi ka nga mapili sa pasahero at maging makatarungan mamresyo.
Sumakay kami nila mama ng pangalawang tricycle kasi umalma ako sa singil ng unang driver na isang daan simula welcome hanggang bahay. Si kuyang pangalawang driver nagpapaliwanag saken na pagpasensyahan ko daw dahil kailangan daw at maraming binubuhay na anak.