Deputy Speaker Roberto “Robbie” Puno, the chairman of the National Unity Party (NUP), wants the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) abolished not only in name, but also in form.
The government can save some P3 billion and give Filipinos a much-needed breathing space from political exercises by deferring the 2013 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled next month to the last Monday of October next year, according to Representative Magnolia Rosa Antonino-Nadres of the National Unity Party (NUP).
Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr., a ranking official of the National Unity Party (NUP), has lauded the Commission on Audit for conducting a special report detailing the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) over the 2007 to 2009 period.
Rep. Juliette Uy (2nd district, Misamis Oriental) wants a mandatory child nutrition program institutionalized in public elementary schools and barangay day care centers nationwide to help make quality health care easily accessible to Filipino children in their early childhood years.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte has led members of the House of Representatives in supporting President Benigno Aquino III’s decision to abolish the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and urged his fellow lawmakers to buckle down to work in institutionalizing reforms involving fund releases for local projects in the national budget.