@MMDA sana hindi rush hour nakabalandra sa daan yung mga nanghuhuli sa bus lane. Bigla biglaan din silang tumatawid eh pababa ng tulay, delikado. Hindi naman dapat trapik pero lalong walang usad dahil sa paglakad-lakad nila sa EDSA.
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@meralco hi. Why did u resolve ticket for Mely Subdivision Project 8 QC even if there's still no repair/resolution. Wala parin kuryente since 11PM of Apr 29
@PLDT_Cares 3 days with no internet. Business is suffering!!! Araw-araw 24-48hrs DAW next update. Paggising mo bukas 48h daw ulit. May outage ba sa Mindanao Ave, QC? Brgy. Bahay Toro.
KUNG SINO MAN...
Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer pursue her P650 million confidential fund request for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
#BantayBudget2024
PGH Oncology Machine vs. the 125M OVP Confidential Funds
In an attempt to defend the spending of 125 million OVP confidential funds, a doctor compared it to Php 230,000,000.00 PGH investment.
She didn’t know that the comparison is more incriminating to the Vice President. Here’s why:
1. She attached a BAC (Bids and Awards Committee) Announcement. What does that mean? Suppliers were invited to bid.
During the bidding a long list of documents are required for transparency including gov’t permits of the supplier, bank details, quotations amongst other things.
The BAC then will have a meeting and will choose the winning bidder. Transparency documents like notice of
award, contracts, terms of agreement etc.
That by itself will take weeks if not months.
2. Procurement as such went through congressional approval. What does mean?
That during it was proposed and approved during the budget deliberation. There’s a line item for that in the General Appropriations Act.
3. Even payments of items as such are not one-time-bigtime as the doctor would want us to believe.
In every government contract, the TOR specifies trigger for payments. Perhaps maybe a certain percentage will be after installation, ___% after training of the staff how to use it, ___% after submitting reviews. So on and so forth.
This by itself can last for months or even a year.
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Although imperfect, the procurement law is here to protect the public’s interest. If there’s BAC advisory… it means it went through process.
PGH didn’t spent 230,000,000 in 1 day, Dr.
Try harder 🤦🏽♀️
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It may get more complicated. The 10 affected barangays in Makati D2 (now part of Taguig) having roughly 300k voters, what will happen if Mayora Abby Binay decides to run in Taguig in 2025? The latter, as of 2022, had more or less 450k voters.
🏙️ What is happening in Makati?
In this think piece, @_jmterrado argues that the SC's decision confirming that the EMBOs are part of Taguig City has cost its residents decades of political representation, welfare benefits, and social services.
Read: https://t.co/wkcsR4eMjP