{"id":1663,"date":"2021-08-16T16:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T08:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csspsinag.wordpress.com\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T08:22:46","slug":"makabayan-bloc-files-resolution-to-investigate-misused-doh-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/08\/16\/makabayan-bloc-files-resolution-to-investigate-misused-doh-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Makabayan bloc files resolution to investigate misused DOH funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Makabayan Bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution urging a probe on the Commission on Audit\u2019s (COA) 2020 report detailing the Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) misused COVID-19 response funds worth P67.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n<!--noteaser-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yuio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yuio.png?w=167\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051\" width=\"77\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Makabayan Bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution urging a probe on the Commission on Audit\u2019s (COA) 2020 report detailing the Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) misused COVID-19 response funds worth P67.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resolution highlighted significant sums of money that have been flagged by the COA in its 2020 audit report. It included P24,641,119,764.42 worth of \u201cunobligated funds\u201d supposedly for the use of \u201cstrengthening the agency\u2019s capacity\u201d in providing accessible basic medical care to Filipinos, as well as P2,832,390,957.33 worth of Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) infrastructure that were left idle or unused \u201cwith significant delay in implementation.\u201d The deficiencies amounted to P67,323,186,570.57.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Makabayan bloc underscores that DOH\u2019s misused funds are due to the \u201cnon-compliance of pertinent laws, rules, and regulations and contributed to the challenges encountered and missed opportunities of the DOH during the state of calamity\/public emergency.\u201d The resolution particularly addressed the allocation of numerous medical drugs and medicines found to be expired or nearly expiring. COA also reported more than P488 million worth of unused funds for the COVID-19 response in Regions II, V, VI, X, XII, and the National Capital Region (NCR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers asserted the ineffective response and fraudulent excuses by the DOH during more than a year into the Duterte administration\u2019s militaristic lockdown. They highlighted the clamor of the people for economic aid, and efficient mass testing and contact tracing, alongside free COVID-19 treatment; yet were \u201ctold impossible due to lack of funds while billions were unused or misused by the DOH.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resolution concludes with highlighting the government and the DOH\u2019s role in effectively allocating the limited resources in combating the pandemic. They further that the Duterte\u2019s administration\u2019s irresponsible response to the health and economic crisis \u201camounts to criminal negligence as thousands of Filipinos already died and are dying of getting infected of the viral disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Featured image courtesy of Philippines Lifestyle News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/02-sinag-logo_variation-a_black.png?w=1024\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 02-sinag-logo_variation-a_black.png\" width=\"63\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Makabayan Bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution urging a probe on the Commission on Audit\u2019s (COA) 2020 report detailing the Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) misused COVID-19 response funds worth P67.3 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[122],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-senators-want-doh-secretary-duque-to-resign-immidiately-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1646,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/08\/12\/coa-flags-doh-for-poor-management-of-p67-billion-covid-19-funds\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":0},"title":"COA flags DOH for poor management of P67 billion COVID-19 funds","author":"Staff","date":"12 August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Commission on Audit (COA) released its 2020 report last August 11, Wednesday, indicating the Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) mismanagement of COVID-19 funds worth P67-billion. The Commission on Audit (COA) released its 2020 report last August 11, Wednesday, indicating the Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) mismanagement of COVID-19 funds worth P67-billion.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20190814-senate-hearing-jc-1471.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20190814-senate-hearing-jc-1471.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20190814-senate-hearing-jc-1471.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20190814-senate-hearing-jc-1471.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4222,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2022\/03\/30\/makabayan-si-duterte-ang-number-1-human-rights-violator\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":1},"title":"Makabayan: Si Duterte ang Number 1 Human Rights Violator","author":"Staff","date":"30 March 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Makabayan Bloc gravely condemned President Duterte's pronouncements on the partylists' alleged connection with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) this afternoon, March 30.\u00a0Makabayan stressed Duterte's latest tactic as a desperate measure to hamper the strengthening opposition. 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