00:00House Majority Leader Sandro Marquez's Congressional District in Ilocos Norte
00:04receives the biggest increase in public works funding in the approved 2027 House Spending Bill.
00:09This, according to the Transparency Portal of Volunteer-Driven Civic Technology Movement, bettergov.ph.
00:16Ken Abante of People's Budget Coalition flags the increases during a Senate hearing.
00:20Halos 7,000 projects worth P190 billion ang ininsert ng House na walang published project attachments.
00:30Ilocos Norte's 1st District was allocated P4.74 billion in project lists under the Department of Public Works and Highways
00:37in the House version of the 2027 General Appropriations Bill.
00:41This is a significant increase of P4.38 billion from the P369 million that was originally proposed for the district
00:50in the 2027 National Expenditure Program.
00:53The NAP is also called the President's Budget, a proposal submitted annually by the Executive to Congress.
00:59The House, which is constitutionally mandated to come up with an appropriations bill, may amend that proposal.
