Today, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed the historic
national spending package for next year, or the General Appropriations Act of
2021, an all-important measure that will enable the government respond to and
address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has severely damaged our economy and
disrupted the lives of millions of Filipinos across the country.
The P4.506-trillion national budget approved by Congress is
the biggest by far and will better position the Philippines to beat the public
health crisis and rise from its devastating effects. This is also a reflection
of our governmentโs serious commitment and strong resolve to defeat the virus
and bring the economy back on track.
Among the important features of this pandemic-responsive
budget is the allocation of P72.5 billion for the purchase, storage, transportation
and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Another P2 billion has been earmarked
for the purchase of personal protective equipment or PPE to ensure that our
health workers are safe as they carry out their duty of saving every patient
from the virus.
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๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ
๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ
๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ข
๐ข๐ต
๐ฑ๐ข๐จ-๐ข๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข
๐ฏ๐จ
2021 ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ
๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ
๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ
๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข
๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏg ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ
๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ
๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช
๐ข๐ฏ๐จ
๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช
๐ฏ๐จ
๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ
๐ฎ๐จ๐ข
๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ
๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ
๐ฏ๐ข
๐ด๐ข
๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ
๐ช๐ต๐ฐ
๐ฏ๐จ
๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ข.
And to our colleagues in the House of Representatives and our counterparts in
the Senate, thank you very much for your hard work and for putting together
this milestone legislation in a timely manner.
