FactCheck: In an email to Rappler, DSWD says the numbers mentioned in the Malacañang briefing are just estimated costs, and may still change. FactsFirstPH
, Gatchalian said that the P40 billion figure is DSWD’s current rough estimate for the program’s total run, including administrative costs.
In an email to Rappler on May 29, DSWD further clarified that the numbers Gatchalian mentioned in the briefing are just estimated costs, and these might also change “as the pilot progresses and depending on the availability of funds.”
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