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  "hearing": {
    "hearing_id": 4,
    "title": "House Committee on Appropriations: PCSO - August 24, 2026",
    "hearing_date": "2026-08-24",
    "official_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjUCt7lhFPY"
  },
  "digest_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/digests/h4/",
  "notice": "AI-assisted working draft. AI can make errors. Always verify consequential interpretations and wording against the cited transcript and official video.",
  "at_a_glance": [
    {
      "label": "PCSO presentation and officials",
      "text": "FY 2027 retail receipts were projected at PHP 68.55 billion, with PHP 67.18 billion in net receipts after estimated printing costs. Lottery and sweepstakes revenue supports medical-assistance and transport programs, statutory remittances and charitable services. The agency planned landing craft vessels, medical-equipment donations, digital services and expanded game platforms.",
      "citations": []
    },
    {
      "label": "Revenue and statutory-payment trend",
      "text": "PCSO described sales and major-game revenue as rising, while Committee Chair Rep. Mikaela Angela B. Suansing noted that taxes, dividends, and other remittances did not move in parallel. PCSO attributed variation to net income, tax on winnings, sales-linked special-law shares, and forfeited prizes, while describing the UHC earmark as comparatively constant under law.",
      "citations": []
    },
    {
      "label": "Accountability, records, and unresolved liabilities",
      "text": "Rep. Iris Marie Demesa Montes requested PCSO's official Bureau of the Treasury remittance record, which PCSO Chairperson Judge Felix P. Reyes committed to submit and Senior Vice Chair Rep. Albert S. Garcia directed the agency to provide. Rep. Faustino Michael Carlos T. Dy III pressed PCSO on Philippine Sports Commission remittances under Guiao v. PAGCOR and PCSO; the exchange produced several figures but no securely established remaining liability or settlement schedule.",
      "citations": []
    },
    {
      "label": "Medical transport and service delivery",
      "text": "Members tested how PCSO would deliver landing craft vessels, ambulances, equipment, and outpatient assistance. PCSO said it planned to begin with around 10 landing craft vessels, require the winning bidder to maintain them for three years and train operators, and make a standby ambulance available for Mandaluyong requests; no new vehicle or delivery schedule was committed specifically to Rep. Rebecca Maria Alcantara Ynares's office.",
      "citations": []
    },
    {
      "label": "Support and committee disposition",
      "text": "Several members manifested support for PCSO's proposed budget, often citing medical assistance and patient-transport services. The committee later carried a motion terminating the PCSO briefing and a separate motion suspending proceedings for resumption on August 25, 2026 at 9 a.m.; the motion makers and brief seconding voices remain role-identified rather than personally named.",
      "citations": []
    }
  ],
  "method_note": "This guide follows the reviewed PCSO presentation and complete member rounds. Each timestamp is a navigation anchor; the full supporting turn set is retained in the artifact provenance.",
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      "key": "presentation",
      "label": "PCSO presentation",
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        {
          "label": "Mandate, operating model, and 2027 priorities",
          "text": "FY 2027 retail receipts were projected at PHP 68.55 billion, with PHP 67.18 billion in net receipts after estimated printing costs. Under Republic Act No. 1169, PCSO uses sweepstakes, lotteries and similar activities to fund health programs, medical assistance and services, and charitable activities of national character. Its 2027 priorities included landing craft vessels for coastal communities, medical-equipment donations, participation in a radiation-oncology center, new games and betting platforms to sustain charity funding, digital public services, and the transfer of operations to the PCSO Corporate Center in San Marcelino, Manila.",
          "citations": [
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              "start_seconds": 311.68,
              "clock": "00:05:11",
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              "stable_id": "asr-000075",
              "start_seconds": 517.919,
              "clock": "00:08:37",
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          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Medical assistance and community health delivery",
          "text": "PCSO reported that its Medical Assistance Program released ₱8.13 billion to 681,999 beneficiaries from 2024 through the first semester of 2026. It said assistance rose slightly to ₱3.25 billion in 2025 even as the beneficiary count declined, and described the expansion of eligible support to professional fees. The presentation also reported growth in institutional partnerships, patient-transport-vehicle distribution, medical-equipment donations, and outpatient and multi-specialty clinic reach.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000094",
              "start_seconds": 649.6,
              "clock": "00:10:49",
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          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Revenue growth and financial performance",
          "text": "The presentation reported major-game revenue rising from ₱62.35 billion in 2024 to ₱64.86 billion in 2025, with ₱32.68 billion generated in the first semester of 2026; it attributed growth mainly to STL and the National Instant Sweepstakes Program. PCSO also reported that 2025 income and expenses rose while profit after tax and net income declined, alongside increased financial assistance, subsidies, and contributions. For the first semester of 2026, it reported lower income and expenses but higher profit after tax and net income than in the comparable 2025 period.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000123",
              "start_seconds": 895.519,
              "clock": "00:14:55",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000123"
            }
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        },
        {
          "label": "Revenue allocation and 2026-2027 estimates",
          "text": "PCSO presented actual retail receipts and the prescribed prize-, charity-, and operating-fund allocations for 2023 through 2025, followed by estimates for 2026 and 2027. For 2027 it reported estimated retail receipts of ₱68.55 billion and net receipts after printing costs of ₱67.18 billion, then stated ₱39.95 billion for the 55% prize fund, ₱20.15 billion for the 30% charity fund, and ₱10.08 billion for the 15% operating fund. Those are presenter-reported figures; the stated prize-fund amount and the three stated allocations do not arithmetically reconcile with the reported net receipts, so no silent correction is made.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000153",
              "start_seconds": 1163.6,
              "clock": "00:19:23",
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          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Targets, vehicles, equipment, and operating standards",
          "text": "Against a reported ₱68.64 billion gross-revenue target for 2025, PCSO said it achieved ₱64.86 billion, or 94.5%, and attributed the shortfall largely to calamities and weather disruptions. It reported distributing 1,090 patient transport vehicles against a target of 500, releasing ₱3.245 billion in medical assistance against a ₱3.302 billion target, and establishing 38 institutional partners against a target of 30. It also reported attaining World Lottery Association Level 3 Responsible Gaming Certification and pursuing Security Control Standard certification. For 2025 and the first semester of 2026, it cited full patient-transport coverage, ₱176 million in medical-equipment donations, and ₱348.6 million in mobility aids, rescue devices, and evacuation kits under its corporate social responsibility program.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000189",
              "start_seconds": 1394.4,
              "clock": "00:23:14",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000189"
            },
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000238",
              "start_seconds": 1605.2,
              "clock": "00:26:45",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000238"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Universal health care and National Treasury remittances",
          "text": "PCSO reported approximately ₱2.57 billion in Universal Health Care remittances for 2025 and ₱651.47 million and ₱690.67 million for the first two quarters of 2026. It reported a combined ₱3.914 billion due and remitted for 2025 through the first semester of 2026 and characterized the table as showing 100% remittance. For 2021-2025, it reported approximately ₱101.29 billion in taxes, dividends, UHC contributions, and other mandatory payments to the National Government, plus ₱11.06 billion in the first semester of 2026, bringing the table total to ₱112.35 billion.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000243",
              "start_seconds": 1658.4,
              "clock": "00:27:38",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000243"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000249",
              "start_seconds": 1718.32,
              "clock": "00:28:38",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000249"
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      ]
    },
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      "key": "budget-comparison",
      "label": "Budget proposal and requests",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "2027 revenue targets and fund allocation",
          "text": "PCSO projected PHP 68.55 billion in FY 2027 gross retail receipts from Lotto, STL and NISP and PHP 67.18 billion in net receipts after PHP 1.37 billion estimated printing costs. It presented PHP 39.95 billion for the prize fund, PHP 20.15 billion for the charity fund and PHP 10.08 billion for the operating fund. These are revenue and internal fund-allocation estimates, not an identified NEP agency appropriation or original DBM request. The presented prize amount and three allocations do not arithmetically reconcile with stated net receipts; no corrected amount is inferred.",
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000178",
              "start_seconds": 1347.919,
              "clock": "00:22:27",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000178"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000181",
              "start_seconds": 1363.6,
              "clock": "00:22:43",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000181"
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              "stable_id": "asr-000183",
              "start_seconds": 1375.2,
              "clock": "00:22:55",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000183"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000185",
              "start_seconds": 1387.679,
              "clock": "00:23:07",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000185"
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          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Budget support and a possible increase",
          "text": "Several representatives expressed support for PCSO's proposed 2027 budget. Rep. Leody \"Odie\" F. Tarriela added that he would support an increase if warranted, but stated no amount. These were manifestations of support, not formal budget-amendment motions; the hearing records no vote approving or increasing PCSO funding. The formal motions at closing concerned termination of the briefing and suspension of proceedings.",
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000468",
              "start_seconds": 2987.119,
              "clock": "00:49:47",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000468"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000481",
              "start_seconds": 3044.264,
              "clock": "00:50:44",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000481"
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              "stable_id": "asr-000495",
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              "clock": "00:51:40",
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              "stable_id": "asr-000496",
              "start_seconds": 3103.82,
              "clock": "00:51:43",
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              "stable_id": "asr-000822",
              "start_seconds": 6650.719,
              "clock": "01:50:50",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000822"
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              "stable_id": "asr-000838",
              "start_seconds": 6690.32,
              "clock": "01:51:30",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000838"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "montes",
      "label": "Rep. Iris Marie Demesa Montes",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "UHC remittances, transfer timing and the requested Treasury record",
          "text": "Montes asked when PCSO began remitting its Universal Health Care share to the Bureau of the Treasury and read out presentation figures of ₱2.71 billion for 2022, ₱2 billion for 2023, ₱2.13 billion for 2024, ₱2.87 billion for 2025 and ₱1.94 billion for the first half of 2026. PCSO Chairperson Judge Felix P. Reyes confirmed the figures, said remittances began in 2022, were made quarterly and on time, and that PCSO remembered no delayed instance; he added that the general manager personally delivered the latest remittance to the Treasury. Montes then cited a ₱1.935 billion July 16 turnover covering mandatory contributions from the fourth quarter of 2025 through the first two quarters of 2026 and questioned its timing. She distinguished PCSO's payments to the Treasury from the onward transfer to PhilHealth, which she said she would verify with DBM and DOF. She requested PCSO's official Treasury remittance record for the 40% net-charity-fund share referenced in RA 11223. Reyes committed to submit it, and Senior Vice Chair Rep. Albert S. Garcia directed PCSO to comply so the committee could furnish Montes a copy. No submission appears within the round. The opening presentation separately gave PHP 2.57 billion for 2025 UHC remittances, while Montes cited PHP 2.87 billion and Reyes confirmed her series; the hearing did not reconcile the difference.",
          "citations": [
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              "stable_id": "asr-000284",
              "start_seconds": 1963.44,
              "clock": "00:32:43",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000284"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000291",
              "start_seconds": 2016.32,
              "clock": "00:33:36",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000291"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000330",
              "start_seconds": 2206.32,
              "clock": "00:36:46",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000330"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000336",
              "start_seconds": 2239.04,
              "clock": "00:37:19",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000336"
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          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "dy",
      "label": "Rep. Faustino Michael Carlos T. Dy III",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Sports Commission remittances and the Guiao ruling",
          "text": "Speaking as chair of the Youth and Sports Committee, Dy cited Guiao v. PAGCOR and PCSO, G.R. No. 223845, and the ruling concerning PCSO remittances to the Philippine Sports Commission: 30% of the charity-fund proceeds from six sweepstakes or lottery draws per year beginning in 2006. He contrasted that obligation with a reported ₱1.5 million remittance for 2025 and asked whether PCSO had fully complied, the exact accumulated amount due since 2006, how much had been remitted, and when any balance would be settled; he said he had heard an estimate of about ₱30 billion. Reyes said the dispute involved computation based on the old sweepstakes races and PCSO's interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling. His answer referred to a ₱45 million amount, said the total remitted for 2006-2025 was more or less ₱73 million, and later cited a figure rendered in the exchange as approximately ₱122.419 million after a billion-versus-million correction. Reyes also distinguished PCSO's percentage tied to six races or draws from PAGCOR's 5% obligation under Republic Act No. 6847. The answer did not reconcile the ₱45 million, ₱73 million, and approximately ₱122.419 million figures into one accounting basis, provide the exact accumulated unpaid balance, or give a settlement schedule.",
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000354",
              "start_seconds": 2288.92,
              "clock": "00:38:08",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000354"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000368",
              "start_seconds": 2370.2,
              "clock": "00:39:30",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000368"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "padiernos",
      "label": "Rep. Jan \"Atty. JP\" Padiernos",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Landing craft vessels for island medical transport",
          "text": "Padiernos asked about the procurement and feasibility of PCSO's planned landing craft vessels, including PCSO's mandate, allocation, and the risk of burdening recipient local governments with maintenance costs. General Manager Melquiades Robles said the vessels were intended to make patient transport between island municipalities more effective by allowing an ambulance and patient to continue the trip without an extra vehicle transfer. He said recipient LGUs would secure MARINA licenses; PCSO would begin with around 10 vessels and proceed in later years. The vessels would go to provincial governments, which would schedule their use among municipalities. Robles added that the winning procurement bidder would maintain them for the first three years and train operating personnel.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000399",
              "start_seconds": 2636.48,
              "clock": "00:43:56",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000399"
            },
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000414",
              "start_seconds": 2684.88,
              "clock": "00:44:44",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000414"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Priority rules for patient transport vehicles and AI-capable X-rays",
          "text": "Padiernos cited PCSO's reported 100% distribution of 1,675 patient transport vehicles worth about ₱3.73 billion and ₱197 million in medical equipment, including AI-capable portable X-rays. He asked how provinces and hospitals were selected and whether geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas would be prioritized over urbanized LGUs able to buy their own ambulances. Robles said selection combined demonstrated need, the recipient's ability to administer the service and train personnel to handle the equipment, and the order in which requests were filed. He noted that specialized equipment could require personnel such as radiologists. The answer did not announce a categorical GIDA-first rule.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000438",
              "start_seconds": 2835.92,
              "clock": "00:47:15",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000438"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000448",
              "start_seconds": 2896.0,
              "clock": "00:48:16",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000448"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Support for PCSO's proposed budget",
          "text": "Padiernos manifested full support for PCSO's proposed budget, asked the agency to continue its programs, and said the House was available to assist efforts that would help more Filipinos. No agency response followed before the chair moved to the next member.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000464",
              "start_seconds": 2972.24,
              "clock": "00:49:32",
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          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "hernandez",
      "label": "Rep. Ramil L. Hernandez",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Support for PCSO's proposed 2027 budget",
          "text": "Hernandez expressly said he had no questions and no complaint. He congratulated PCSO for what he called a job well done and declared his full support for its proposed 2027 budget. Because this was a manifestation rather than an interpellation, PCSO gave no answer and Hernandez sought no undertaking or submission.",
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              "stable_id": "asr-000478",
              "start_seconds": 3034.628,
              "clock": "00:50:34",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "tarriela",
      "label": "Rep. Leody \"Odie\" F. Tarriela",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Support for PCSO programs and its proposed budget",
          "text": "Tarriela aligned himself with Hernandez's supportive manifestation, thanked PCSO and its leadership, and said PCSO's programs—especially its vehicles—had helped Occidental Mindoro. He pledged full support for the proposed budget and said it could be increased if warranted. He asked no question, and PCSO gave no response or undertaking.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000486",
              "start_seconds": 3071.3,
              "clock": "00:51:11",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000486"
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          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "joseph-tan",
      "label": "Rep. Joseph S. Tan",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Budget support and a request to improve a prior concern",
          "text": "Tan expressed full support for approving PCSO's budget and referred to the assistance the agency provides. He asked PCSO to improve, even slightly, an issue that he said had been raised during their previous meeting, but he did not identify that issue in this manifestation. Committee Chair Rep. Mikaela Angela B. Suansing acknowledged his statement as another expression of support. No substantive PCSO response followed before the chair called the next member.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000503",
              "start_seconds": 3123.14,
              "clock": "00:52:03",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000503"
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          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "angeles",
      "label": "Rep. Maria Christina C. Angeles",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Medical assistance in Tarlac and support for PCSO's budget",
          "text": "Angeles thanked PCSO for assistance reaching Tarlac's 2nd District, particularly additional support for hospitalization and MAIF-related needs. She said congressional guarantee letters were limited and credited PCSO with covering larger amounts that her office could not provide, then expressed full support for PCSO's budget request. This was a manifestation of support; PCSO was not asked to respond and gave no answer in the block.",
          "citations": [
            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000509",
              "start_seconds": 3166.81,
              "clock": "00:52:46",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000509"
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          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "de-jesus",
      "label": "Rep. Presley C. De Jesus",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Minority support for PCSO's budget",
          "text": "De Jesus said he found no negative issue to raise about PCSO and noted that the members speaking before him had supported it. After acknowledging General Manager Melquiades Robles and Chairperson Judge Felix Reyes, he said that as Deputy Minority Leader he would ask no questions during plenary and that the minority would support PCSO's budget 100%. This was a manifestation; PCSO gave no answer or new undertaking.",
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000525",
              "start_seconds": 3237.567,
              "clock": "00:53:57",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "gonzales",
      "label": "Rep. Alexandria \"Queenie\" Gonzales",
      "items": [
        {
          "label": "Ambulance replacements and immediate backup for Mandaluyong",
          "text": "Gonzales thanked PCSO for its support to Mandaluyong and asked the agency not to overlook her densely populated district in upcoming patient transport vehicle distributions, noting that local ambulances were already old. General Manager Melquiades Robles said PCSO aspired to provide a second round of ambulances so recipients would have backup when an emergency vehicle was unavailable. For immediate Mandaluyong needs, he said PCSO had a standby ambulance at its office that the city could request by calling the agency. This was an offer of access to a standby vehicle, not a recorded award of a new ambulance in the round.",
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000542",
              "start_seconds": 3312.974,
              "clock": "00:55:12",
              "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/4/#asr-000542"
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000555",
              "start_seconds": 3359.92,
              "clock": "00:55:59",
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Outpatient services, public awareness, and support",
          "text": "Gonzales reiterated that Mandaluyong health centers needed vehicles and asked PCSO to consider the district when more became available. Robles said Mandaluyong residents could use PCSO's outpatient clinic, which offered free consultations and medicine when available, and that PCSO could still provide ambulance assistance when needed. Gonzales said she would publicize these services through Facebook because residents might not know about them, then expressed full support for PCSO's programs and thanked the agency for its district assistance. The exchange did not include a new allocation decision.",
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            {
              "stable_id": "asr-000569",
              "start_seconds": 3410.958,
              "clock": "00:56:50",
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      "key": "ynares",
      "label": "Rep. Rebecca Maria Alcantara Ynares",
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          "label": "Rizal patient-transport coverage and support for Ynares's district",
          "text": "Ynares said her district had not received the forms of support under discussion apart from charity assistance, while thanking PCSO for its broader help to Rizal Province and reminding the agency not to forget her office. General Manager Melquiades Robles replied that Rizal was the first province to achieve 100% provision of patient transport vehicles or ambulances and told her not to worry. Ynares clarified that she had seen PCSO's support across the province even before she took office and expressed appreciation. The exchange did not identify a specific new vehicle, amount, delivery date, or formal commitment for her office.",
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              "clock": "00:59:00",
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      "key": "chair-suansing",
      "label": "Rep. Mikaela Angela B. Suansing",
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          "label": "Rising sales versus taxes, dividends, and remittances",
          "text": "Committee Chair Rep. Mikaela Angela B. Suansing compared figures she described as PCSO sales—about ₱60.4 billion in 2023, ₱61.3 billion in 2024, ₱63.8 billion in 2025, ₱65.9 billion in 2026, and ₱67.2 billion in 2027—with total taxes, dividends, and other remittances that she said were about ₱22.99 billion in 2023, ₱22.26 billion in 2024, ₱21.85 billion in 2025, and ₱11 billion for the first half of 2026. She asked why the remittance trajectory did not rise with sales. PCSO's Accounting and Budget representative said corporate income tax and dividends move with net income, while final income tax on winnings also varies; she described the applicable rate as 20% for winnings above ₱10,000. She added that the UHC computation follows its applicable statutory basis. She described 2026 and 2027 as projections; the presentation reported net-receipts estimates near those values, but the hearing did not resolve the exact scope of her series, and the 2026 remittance figure covered only the first half of the year.",
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              "clock": "01:41:47",
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          "label": "Special-law contributions and factors outside PCSO's control",
          "text": "Suansing also questioned the uneven contributions under Republic Acts and executive orders, citing about ₱802 million in 2023, ₱680 million in 2024, and ₱344 million in 2025 before an increase in 2026. PCSO said the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts shares depend on sales, while the dangerous-drugs share depends on forfeited prizes, so those amounts can vary. Suansing summarized that taxes, dividends, and special-law contributions were contingent on changing factors, while the UHC earmark was comparatively constant under law. She said she now understood the mismatch and commended PCSO's reported contribution of roughly ₱112 billion from 2021 through 2026 to priority government programs and projects.",
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              "clock": "01:46:21",
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      "key": "closing",
      "label": "Committee disposition",
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          "label": "Termination of the PCSO budget briefing",
          "text": "An unidentified committee member moved to terminate the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office budget briefing. Senior Vice Chair Rep. Albert S. Garcia asked for a second, recorded that the motion had been moved and seconded, and carried it. He then thanked PCSO officials and committee members for participating. The record establishes the motion and ruling but does not safely identify the mover or seconder.",
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              "clock": "01:51:03",
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        {
          "label": "Suspension and scheduled resumption",
          "text": "A second unidentified member moved to suspend committee proceedings and resume on August 25, 2026 at 9 a.m. Two brief seconding voices were heard around Senior Vice Chair Rep. Albert S. Garcia's request for a second; their identities were not established. Garcia ruled the motion moved and duly seconded, suspended proceedings at Romualdez Hall until the stated date and time, and closed with thanks. This did not change the earlier termination of the PCSO briefing into an adjournment of the entire committee calendar.",
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              "clock": "01:51:44",
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