ADVERTISEMENTThe groups said more than P10-billion unused funds for health-care and transport workers would revert to the treasury once the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, or Republic Act No. The groups said President Duterte, Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco should not wait until July 26 before calling a special session to reallocate line items from the 2021 national budget to fund Bayanihan 3. They noted that the Philippines, according to the International Monetary Fund, “has fiscal space” to fund recovery programs but is spending little compared to its neighbors. The governing bodies with the power to act on the two-step plan to fund Bayanihan 3 have one person in common: The buck stops with President Duterte,” they added. Drivers contracted get P27 per km for jeepneys and P45per km for buses, while drivers of jeepneys and buses are given P52.50 per km and P82.50 per km, respectively.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 25, 2021 21:11 UTC