Marcos strikes out revolving fund of DepEd TV in 2023 budget Full story:
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has rejected the use of revolving funds for DepEd TV of the Department of Education in the 2023 national budget.
“Moreover, the DepEd TV is not a business-type activity of the DepEd, which may be considered within the contemplation of the General Provision on Revolving Funds in the FY 2023 GAA, which permits the establishment of a revolving fund from receipts derived from business-type activities,” he said.DepEd TV was the agency’s program under the administration of then-education secretary Leonor Briones that aimed at providing students access to their lessons via the internet.
In October 2021, DepEd TV stopped airing fresh episodes as unpaid media workers tapped for the project halted production, affecting millions of Filipino students. The decision to stop production was not easy, but producers Rappler spoke to said they had to do it because they had families to feed.The DepEd had allocated P45.5 million for the first phase of the project while some P200 million was allocated for the second phase.
Under RA 9593, the DOT is mandated to be the primary planning, programming, coordinating, implementing, and regulatory government agency in the development and promotion of the tourism industry. Marcos said the agency is tasked to promote tourism as an engine of socioeconomic and cultural growth in the country, both domestically and internationally.In a statement on Wednesday, Senator Nancy Binay said that changing the country’s tourism campaign “at this time may not be a compelling argument.
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