House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro today vowed to scrutinize the 2025 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and hold those responsible for the massive flooding in the National Capital Region (NCR) and parts of Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon.
“The Marcos Jr. administration has allotted a drastically high budget for flood control funds in the 2024 budget of the DPWH, but thousands of people were forced to flee to their roofs or evacuate due to the massive floods caused by the Super Typhoon Carina,” said the teacher solon.
“The breakdown of the DPWH flood control projects in the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) is as follows:
DPWH /
Convergence and Special Support Program/
SIPAG /
Flood Mitigation Structures protecting Public Infrastructure/Facilities
P71,190,002,000
DPWH /
Flood Management Program
Construction/Maintenance of Flood Mitigation Structures and Drainage Systems
144,040,506,000
DPWH /
Convergence and Special Support Program
BIP /
Flood Mitigation Structures protecting Public Infrastructure/Facilities
33,565,050,000
DPWH /
Flood Management Program
Construction/Rehabilitation of Flood Mitigation Facilities with Major River Basins and Principal Rivers
100,537,405,000
“This does not include foreign assisted projects purportedly for flood mitigation, but it already totals to P349,332,963,000 or
P957,076,610.9589 per day of flood control funds. That is almost P1 billion of funds a day, but they failed catastrophically to do their jobs,”said the Deputy Minority leader.
“Kailangang busisiin ito ng todo. Sinasayang nila ang pera ng bayan tapos ganyan pa kapalpak ang nangyayari. Nasan ngayon ang mahigit 5,500 na flood control projects na ipinagmamalaki ni Pres. Marcos Jr. noong SONA nya? Parang si Super Typhoon Carina pa ang nagfact check kay Marcos. Hindi na dapat maulit ito at dapat may managot sa disaster na nangyari,” ended Rep. Castro.
