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Poe vows to challenge 2025 budget of DPWH, MMDA amid 'worsening' floods
Senator Grace Poe will scrutinize agencies involved in flood control during the 2025 budget deliberations due to worsening floods.
Poe questioned why billions allocated annually for flood control have not improved the situation, especially after recent heavy rains from typhoons Butchoy and Carina and the southwest monsoon.
She specifically mentioned the flood control budgets of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for thorough examination.
Poe expressed concern that taxpayers are left shortchanged with damaging floods despite significant funding.
The senator's warning comes ahead of the proposed P6.352 trillion National Expenditures Program for 2025 submission to Congress.
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