Senator Panfilo Lacson's presentation on 2008 General Appropriations Act

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A L L I


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ell me a FACT and I will LEARN.

ell me the TRUTH and I will BELIEV

Tell me a STORYand it willLIVE FOREVER IN MYHEART.


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These are theFACTS:


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General AppropriationsAct 2008page 563

Construction of Pres. Garcia Avenue Ext.

from SLEX to Sucat Road including ROW


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General AppropriationsAct 2008page 646

Construction of C5 Road Extension

from SLEX to Sucat Road including ROW


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GAA 2008Page 646

GAA 2008Page 563

Masterful? Maybe. Neat? Well,

almost.


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This is theTRUTH:


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September 8, 2008: What remains of the billat C-5 Extension, beside SM Sucat


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General AppropriationsAct

page 564

1. Widening of Governors Drive (Carmona-Dasmarias-Trece Martires City

Road) including Bridges

c. Aguinaldo Bridge.


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General AppropriationsAct

page 646

b. Urgent Infrastructure Including Local Projects

6. Repair/Rehabilitation of Aguinaldo Bridge


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HOUSE BILL 2454TheREDand theBLACK,

TheLEFTand theRIGHT


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HB 2454 RED: P52,648,923,000 (DPWH locallyfunded projects)

2454 BLACK: P65,461,538,000 (difference of P12,812,615,00

SENATE version: New item worth P3.950 billion* P50 million for Aguinaldo Bridge

* P200 million for construction of C-5 Road Extension fromSLEX to Sucat, including right of way.* P1.760 billion lump sum for various infrastructure projects

Pataas, ng Pataas, ng Pataas...


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Insertions in the Senate Kibawe-Kadingilan-Kalinangan Road, P5 million; and Don

Carlos-Kadingilan Road, P25 million, both in Bukidnon;

Construction of access road, West Lateral Dike connectingto Hacienda Dolores, Porac Interchange of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, P100 million;

Completion of the Cagayan de Oro International Trade andConvention Multi-Purpose Center, P100 million;

Tagaytay-Silang Road, Balalang-Matanda section, P13million;

Construction of Molino Boulevard, in Cavite, including right

of way, P37 million; Construction of C-5 Road Extension from SLEX to Sucat,

including right of way, P200 million This is the firstdiscovered double entry; and

Aguinaldo Bridge, P50 million This is the second

discovered double entry P200 million for Maharlika Road, God knows which part


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LUMP SUM insertions in theSenate

Repair and rehabilitation, including improvement of safety standards of various roadsalong public schools, P100 million;

Flood Control and Drainage System, P500 million;

Construction, repair and rehabilitation of government facilities

including educational facilities, P760 million;

Rehabilitation, reconstruction of damaged paved national roads generated frompayment management system/highway development and management, nationwide,P50 million;

Road upgrading, gravel to concrete, based on gravel road, strategies trafficbenchmark for upgrading to paved road standard, nationwide: P50 million; and

Over and above all these, without any specification and merely lumped as "Variousinfrastructure projects," there is a lump sum ofP1.760 billion.


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BICAMERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:* P3.95 billion rose to P4.1 billion

(Other national public works/local infrastructureprojects doubled Senate versions lump sum toP3,426,500,000)GAA 2008: MORE LUMP SUMS!

* P4,000,000,000* P7,981,565,000

* Total lump sum appropriations in the 2008 budgetof the DPWH alone amounted to P23,467,383,000

Not only do we have double entries in theline budget items. We also have doubleentries in the lump sum appropriations


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DAR Personnel Services Funds:Not Once, But Twice!

Office of the Secretary PS : P1,854,247,000

Agrarian Reform Fund PS: P1,890,273,000

* ARF is a specific fund that has no staffing support


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Why did the budget not specifically describeeach of the P200M entries as in the other

appropriations for several projects in the same2008 GAA?

MSR-Quirino, Las Pias City: P25M

MSR-Quirino Phase I: P15M

MSR-Quirino Phase II: P10M

Candelaria By-Pass Road, Quezon: P100M

Bukal Sur section: P20M

Masin Sur section: P20M

Pahinga Norte section: P20M

Malabanban Sur section: P20M

Mangilag Sur: P20M

Quirino-Andaya Highway: P515M

Quirino Highway: P164.8M

Andaya Highway: P350.2M.

Quezon Eco-tourism Road: P281M

Phase 1: P190M

Phase 2: P91M


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200 million is...

A molehill- Pipols Dragon

Loose change- Ito ang Gusto Ko!


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Molehill? Loose ChangP200 million can secure:

Medicinesfor sick people

Uniforms, boots and equipm

to defend Mindanao

Upgrading of C-130sthat need not crash out

of age and fatigueHelicoptersto transport soldiwounded in the line of duty


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Excusatio non petitaaccusatio manifesta

He who EXCUSES himself,

ACCUSES himself.


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This is aboutCORRUPTION.

PLAIN and SIMPLE.

This is NOT about PRESIDENTIABLES.

This is NOT about POLITICS.

This is NOT about 2010.


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Let me tell youa STORY:


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I N G I T

A G Aat


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PATAS angLaban


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PATAS angLaban

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Senator Panfilo Lacson's presentation on 2008 General Appropriations Act