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Committees of the House of Representatives in the coming weeks are slated to hold hearings on how public funds are spent for the people, Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Monday.Romualdez's pronouncement came with just 12 sessions days left before Congress adjourned its session to give way to the campaign period for Eleksyon 2025.“Good governance demands transparency and accountability. This chamber is the vanguard of that principle.
Romualdez said House inquiries on the following topics have been set: the smuggling and hoarding of basic commodities; the P206 billion in disallowed expenditures by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines; the P11.18 billion worth of expired medicines and underutilized Philippine Health Insurance Corp. fund; and the alleged misuse of confidential funds“Let this be our promise: public trust is sacred, and this House will never betray it,” Romualdez said.
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