ADVERTISEMENTYap said his committee would investigate the agencies during the two to three weeks that the Senate would be deliberating on the P4.5-trillion proposed national budget for 2021. Funds to other agenciesHe said he would propose to the Senate-House conference committee deep cuts to the budgets of corruption-ridden agencies or defund the agencies altogether and transfer their budgets to others that needed more funds. Yap said his office continued to receive reports of corruption in the customs bureau, although the agency’s image had improved a bit under the current management. If the investigation could not be completed before the Senate-House budget conference, Yap said, it would be continued next year. Guerrero said the customs bureau was “strongly committed” to introducing reforms to get rid of corruption in the agency.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 29, 2020 21:30 UTC