{ "hearing": { "hearing_id": 71, "title": "House Plenary: FY 2027 General Appropriations Bill Day 6 Part 2 - September 22, 2026", "hearing_date": "2026-09-22", "official_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c_TdftY2Ac" }, "digest_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/digests/h71/", "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": "Agency sequence", "text": "The House continued Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) deliberations, considered the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies, and then resumed the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) budget discussion.", "citations": [] }, { "label": "Budget scrutiny", "text": "Members examined local-government funding and utilization, tourism promotion and destination infrastructure, agency support requests, and travel-tax funding.", "citations": [] }, { "label": "Debate outcomes", "text": "Members and sponsors made requests and commitments, and joint motions terminated interpellation on DILG, DOT, and BCDA; those dispositions did not approve appropriations.", "citations": [] }, { "label": "Sitting close", "text": "The sitting was suspended until September 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.", "citations": [] } ], "method_note": "This digest covers Part 2. Rep. Sarah Jane I. Elago's discussion of public-market fees and vendor protections continues from Part 1. Rep. Sergio C. Dagooc said BCDA's budget had been presented in a previous plenary session, but did not identify which session.", "sections": [ { "key": "budget-summary", "label": "Agency budget proposals", "items": [ { "label": "Principal agency budget accounts", "text": "No new department-wide FY2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) total or original agency request was stated for DILG in Part 2. The overall budget proposal is covered in Part 1; the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) and Financial Assistance to Local Government Units (FALGU) figures below concern individual programs.\n\nDOT sponsor Rep. Marie Bernadette G. Escudero gave an approximate FY2027 NEP proposal of PHP 4 billion for DOT and attached agencies, about PHP 196 million below the FY2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA); she did not state the aggregate original submission to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).\n\nDagooc said BCDA had already presented its budget in a previous plenary session; the resumed discussion supplies no BCDA total or new request.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-000001", "start_seconds": 0.38, "clock": "00:00:00", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-000001" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000006", "start_seconds": 24.88, "clock": "00:00:24", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-000006" }, { "stable_id": "asr-000007", "start_seconds": 28.060000000000002, "clock": "00:00:28", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-000007" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001761", "start_seconds": 5170.58, "clock": "01:26:10", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001761" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001762", "start_seconds": 5172.58, "clock": "01:26:12", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001762" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001763", "start_seconds": 5177.58, "clock": "01:26:17", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001763" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001764", "start_seconds": 5180.58, "clock": "01:26:20", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001764" }, { "stable_id": "asr-003020", "start_seconds": 8719.76, "clock": "02:25:19", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-003020" }, { "stable_id": "asr-003025", "start_seconds": 8729.64, "clock": "02:25:29", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-003025" }, { "stable_id": "asr-003027", "start_seconds": 8734.02, "clock": "02:25:34", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-003027" } ] }, { "label": "DILG Local Government Support Fund and FALGU proposal history", "text": "Rep. Antonio L. Tinio asked how Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) and Financial Assistance to Local Government Units (FALGU) allocations were set. DILG sponsor Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella said DILG monitored and evaluated projects while the DBM handled approvals.\n\nTinio's comparisons included about PHP 18.4 billion, or PHP 19 billion, in the 2016 GAA; a PHP 51 billion 2022 NEP proposal against a PHP 17.9 billion GAA; a 2026 chart value of 16.0 for LGSF with no unit spoken, against a PHP 57 billion GAA; and a PHP 58 billion 2027 LGSF proposal.\n\nFor FALGU he cited a PHP 5 billion 2026 NEP proposal versus a PHP 37 billion 2026 GAA; a PHP 18.9 billion 2025 GAA figure after correcting an initial mistaken PHP 5 billion reference; and a PHP 37.49 billion 2027 proposal.\n\nHe identified the Barangay Development Program (BDP) under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as a PHP 9.7 billion LGSF component. 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Robredo Coliseum rehabilitation; and, in 2026, PHP 500 million for a Lipa building and PHP 356 million for San Juan medical or hospital equipment. Fuentebella later referred to Sulu's allocation as about PHP 800 million. Tinio also cited a later PHP 500 million Naga project and Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) reference; the exchange did not reconcile it with his Coliseum figure.\n\nTinio's utilization table showed 2025 FALGU at PHP 11.5 billion allocated, PHP 811 million disbursed and 7.05 percent utilized; BDP utilization was 24.92 percent and bottom-up budgeting was shown at zero. For 2026, the table showed PHP 33.4 billion, PHP 221 million disbursed and 0.66 percent utilization. Those table bases differ from the separately cited 2025 and 2026 GAA amounts above; no reconciliation was given. Tinio questioned a PHP 38 billion 2027 FALGU request while utilization remained low. Fuentebella said late fund releases could affect annual disbursement comparisons and suggested reporting release timing; Tinio asked for obligation rates alongside disbursements and a resubmitted table. 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Fuentebella described a plan for 1,500 fire trucks over five years, or 300 annually. There was no exact Korean unit price; the sponsor estimated PHP 10 million to PHP 12 million per truck depending on capacity, compared it with a prior PHP 16 million purchase, and estimated savings of PHP 4 million to PHP 6 million per truck and about PHP 9 billion total. The proposed package included equipment, technical assistance, training and technology transfer; preventive maintenance would be included in the contract.\n\nTinio sought public technical specifications and asked what agreement permitted the procurement exception. Fuentebella said specifications were still being prepared and promised to provide them. The executive agreement remained unsigned; he clarified that the DILG request was with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for endorsement to the Office of the President, and Tinio confirmed the authorization had not yet issued. 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For the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD), she said in later exchanges that PCSSD's budget was PHP 44.9 million in FY2026 and PHP 49.5 million in FY2027, and described the additional PHP 82.49 million request for standards, research, stewardship, safety networks and operations.\n\nShe also identified PHP 41.56 million for DOT's Office of the Secretary (OSEC) for planning, operations and the Tourism Development Fund (TDF), and PHP 50.92 million for the Intramuros Administration for promotion and heritage conservation. Rep. Percival \"Perci\" Cendaña expressed support for these priorities and DOT funding; no appropriation vote or disposition on these additional requests was recorded.\n\nDagooc separately urged the sponsor to advocate for additional Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) budget support through DBM; Escudero said she would do so, without an amount or formal increase motion.", "citations": [ { "stable_id": "asr-001765", "start_seconds": 5187.58, "clock": "01:26:27", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001765" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001766", "start_seconds": 5190.58, "clock": "01:26:30", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001766" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001767", "start_seconds": 5194.58, "clock": "01:26:34", "transcript_url": "https://tordecilla.github.io/budget-hearings-2026/records/71/#asr-001767" }, { "stable_id": "asr-001794", "start_seconds": 5291.58, "clock": 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After initially giving the March 2026 balance in billions, she corrected it to PHP 25.451 million.\n\nOn travel tax, she confirmed a PHP 1,620 charge for a Filipino economy-class traveler. Escudero described a 40 percent / 10 percent / 50 percent allocation among the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and TIEZA.\n\nFor 2025 she reported PHP 8.87 billion collected, including PHP 4.4 billion for TIEZA and PHP 3.5 billion for CHED, while stating 887,000 for NCCA without a unit. For January-July 2026 she reported PHP 4.7 billion collected, with PHP 2.3 billion for TIEZA, PHP 1.8 billion for CHED, and 474,000 for NCCA without a unit. Rep. Presley C. De Jesus estimated annual collections at about PHP 8 billion. The stated NCCA amounts do not reconcile with the stated 10 percent share, and no explanation was given.\n\nEscudero said the House had passed a travel-tax abolition bill on third reading but the bill had not passed the Senate; the tax therefore remained in place. If abolition were enacted, she said the GAA would replace the lost funding for TIEZA, CHED, and NCCA. De Jesus supported replacing the separate charge through the GAA. 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Daphne A. Lagon moved to resume sponsorship and interpellation on the proposed BCDA budget; presiding Deputy Speaker Yasser Alonto Balindong heard no objection and approved proceeding. Dagooc said BCDA's budget had already been presented in a previous plenary session, and this was a continuation. With no other minority member seeking to interpellate, he moved to terminate debate on the proposed FY2027 BCDA budget. Lagon joined for the majority; Balindong stated the joint motion, heard no objection, and declared interpellation terminated. 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She called for national consultation with LGUs and market vendors, citing struggling public markets and calls for national support. Fuentebella agreed, but gave no consultation schedule or specific follow-up commitment in this exchange.\n\nElago asked whether the cashless system under BJMP Memorandum Circular No. 110 would be amended to align differing rules across institutions. Citing reports of missing PHP 5 to 6 million at the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and Correctional Institution for Women (CIW), she urged Congress to guard against missing funds and corruption and ensure persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) could access their funds without added hardship. She said per-PDL overhead costs were already very low, without giving an amount.\n\nFuentebella said a technical working group (TWG) was being formed, with BJMP, BuCor, and provincial jails discussing a common framework. Asked when amendments and consultations would conclude, he said consultative meetings were still underway and that legislation might be needed to unify the system, with advice from the jail institutions. He gave no completion date. 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Antonio L. Tinio", "text": "Tinio first established that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) monitors and evaluates Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) projects; DILG sponsor Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella said approval was handled by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), particularly for financial assistance to local government units (FALGU).\n\nUsing a chart that distinguished the National Expenditure Program (NEP) from the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Tinio recalled a 2016 GAA level of about PHP 18.4 billion, or PHP 19 billion; a 2022 NEP proposal of PHP 51 billion against a PHP 17.9 billion GAA; and a 2026 LGSF proposal of 16.0 on the chart (the spoken passage gives no unit) against a PHP 57 billion GAA. He said the 2027 proposal would maintain the enlarged level, at PHP 58 billion. He also contrasted the PHP 5 billion 2026 FALGU NEP proposal with its PHP 37 billion GAA. For FALGU, he cited PHP 18.9 billion for 2025, corrected his initial mistaken reference to PHP 5 billion, and said the 2026 GAA was PHP 37 billion; the 2027 proposal was PHP 37.49 billion. He also identified the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as another major LGSF component at PHP 9.7 billion. These are Tinio's comparisons of different proposal and enacted-budget years, not a DILG-wide NEP-versus-request comparison.\n\nTinio asked who determined which LGUs received large FALGU allocations and on what basis, pointing to a pattern in which most projects were at PHP 30 million or below, while some were much larger. Fuentebella said DBM was better placed to answer and later cited a portal and guidelines, but neither supplied the allocation criteria. He agreed that Congress should seek a more detailed and equitable explanation. Tinio said he would take the decision-making question to DBM and raised concern that the allocations could function as presidential patronage. Fuentebella cautioned against attributing every selection to the President; Tinio later said the President personally handed the mayor a Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for a PHP 500 million Naga project; the exchange did not explain its relationship to his earlier PHP 450 million Coliseum figure, and Fuentebella called that a positive gesture, including across political differences.\n\nTo illustrate the allocation pattern, Tinio said Sulu received PHP 830 million in 2025, largely for a series of road and multi-purpose-building projects, including projects around PHP 50 million. He identified a single PHP 500 million multi-purpose building for Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila's College of Allied Health Sciences and PHP 450 million for retrofitting and rehabilitating Naga's Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum as a multipurpose, disaster-resilient evacuation venue, with additional equipment also mentioned but not priced. For 2026 he cited a PHP 500 million multi-purpose building in Lipa and PHP 356 million for medical or hospital equipment in San Juan. Fuentebella referred to Sulu's allocation more approximately as PHP 800 million and said the detailed distribution should be examined fairly. Tinio said his presentation broke down Sulu's projects; the exchange did not establish who selected individual projects or provide a common needs-based allocation rule.\n\nTinio cited DILG utilization data that showed 2025 FALGU allocation of PHP 11.5 billion, disbursement of PHP 811 million and a 7.05% utilization rate; BDP utilization was 24.92%, while bottom-up budgeting and other programs were still at zero in the table. For 2026 he cited a PHP 33.4 billion FALGU budget, PHP 221 million disbursed and 0.66% utilization. These utilization-table bases do not reconcile with his separate allocation figures: PHP 18.9 billion for 2025 and PHP 37 billion for the 2026 GAA. The transcript gives no explanation for the differing 2025 and 2026 amounts. He questioned why FALGU was again being sought at PHP 38 billion for 2027 when the current fund had not yet been substantially used, and said the amount should not be automatically repeated if other agencies could use it.\n\nFuentebella agreed that the low rate merited scrutiny but cautioned that release timing can depress annual disbursement comparisons; he suggested a table showing when funds were released. Tinio agreed to add obligation rates alongside disbursements (which he described as amounts already paid, including partial payments) and asked DILG to resubmit the requested data with that additional column. No revised table or change to the 2027 request was recorded in this exchange.\n\nTurning to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Tinio asked about the proposed government-to-government (G2G) arrangement with the Republic of Korea for firefighting vehicles and related equipment, including technical assistance, training, capacity building and technology transfer. Fuentebella said the plan was for 1,500 fire trucks over five years, or 300 per year. Korea had not yet provided an exact unit price; the sponsor estimated PHP 10 to 12 million per truck, depending on whether it was a 500-, 750- or 1,000-capacity vehicle. He compared this with a prior PHP 16 million purchase and estimated savings of PHP 4 to 6 million per truck and about PHP 9 billion in total. The procurement was described as data-driven, with specifications matched to recipient locations. Tools and accessories were included; preventive maintenance would be in the contract, with Korean provision and a local partner.\n\nTinio cited the New Procurement Act's exception allowing a treaty, international agreement or executive agreement to displace ordinary procurement rules, then asked what agreement would justify the exception. Fuentebella cited Executive Order No. 459's requirement for presidential prior authorization through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA); he also described the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)'s role in Korean government export contracts. Fuentebella initially said the President's authorization had been submitted to DFA, then clarified that the DILG request was at DFA for endorsement to the Office of the President. Tinio confirmed that authorization had not yet issued. The executive agreement was unsigned and still with DFA. The Korean side would conduct open tenders and screen Korean suppliers.\n\nTinio asked for public technical specifications before a deal was closed so the public could assess the contract. Fuentebella said specifications were still being prepared and were not yet on the BFP website, but agreed to provide them and assured Tinio they would be made available. The sponsor hoped to close the agreement in one month and said two months was doable; Tinio said he would seek an update. No final agreement, unit price or contract amount was reported.\n\nIn his final question, Tinio reported that during an August 29 to 30 regional leadership training and seminar of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Union in Bicol, more than 100 participants were listed. He said that, as reported to him, police in Camarines Sur obtained the list, contacted teachers, and in some cases directed them to a police station, where they were asked why they were on the list and who else was attending. Tinio said some teachers were frightened and did not attend, characterized the conduct as interference and intimidation affecting freedom of association, and asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to explain and respect the union rights of public-school teachers.\n\nFuentebella said the PNP did not tolerate officer abuse and asked Tinio for details so the PNP, the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), and the Chief PNP could investigate; if a violation occurred, he said appropriate punishment would follow. Tinio clarified that he wanted a response about the reported incident, not only a general policy statement, and offered to provide screenshots and complete details of the police numbers. Fuentebella accepted the offer. 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Renee Louise M. Co", "text": "Rep. Renee Louise M. Co asked for a report locating the 50,431 evacuation centers cited by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sponsor Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella, and for the cities and municipalities that still lacked one. Fuentebella said the agency had the report and would submit it that day. Co connected the request to implementation of the Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act (Republic Act No. 12076) and the Student Loan Moratorium During Disasters Act (Republic Act No. 12077), for which she said Kabataan Party-list was principal author.\n\nCo asked how many Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councils had implemented comprehensive barangay youth development plans, what obstacles explained nonimplementation, and whether incomplete councils and quorum problems affected activity. Fuentebella cited 2025 SK web-portal activity counts by area: governance 22,729; active citizenship 23,962; environment 11,846; global mobility 1,483; health 19,105; education 16,856; economic empowerment 3,472; social inclusion and equity 8,413; peace building and security 5,774; and agriculture 1,831. He offered to submit the data. Co also requested a list of councils with no activities for about a year, and Fuentebella agreed to submit it. The exchange gives activity counts, not a count of councils that completed their plans.\n\nCo said gaps in SK councils and vacant positions needed urgent attention and urged that barangay and SK elections proceed in November 2026 rather than be postponed to 2028. No response or decision on election timing is recorded in this round.\n\nCo asked whether a memorandum or other document established the proposed Philippine National Police (PNP) Counterterrorism Center and what duties it would have. Fuentebella described it as a planned data-banking and operational facility that would also cover cybersecurity and support data-driven PNP planning. He said there was no establishing memorandum, but a building design existed, and offered the design and concept report. He later described an Integrated Facility inside Camp Crame for coordination, information sharing, operational readiness, technical capability, human rights and rule-of-law policy, including cybersecurity, information and communications technology, peace-process development, and human-rights offices. Fuentebella said the report and concept could be provided that day.\n\nCo asked whether police deployments at mobilizations were covered by body-worn-camera rules and how many officers could be equipped. Fuentebella said the PNP had 2,600 cameras and that the inventory was far too small. He said camera prices had fallen from \"60\" to \"20 to 30,\" but did not specify a currency or unit; he attributed the limited inventory to budget constraints. Asked whether cameras were used at the September 21 mobilization, he answered yes, while saying he could not otherwise be specific about their operational use.\n\nCo noted that DILG had submitted Memorandum Circular No. 2024-58 on technical specifications and asked whether it remained current as the PNP considered AI-capable cameras. Fuentebella said the specifications were updated as needed, but confirmed that the PNP was still following the May 2024 circular while a technical working group studied possible revisions. Co requested the procurement plan, number of units, vendors and cost. Fuentebella agreed to submit information, said procurement was handled by the PNP, and confirmed that procurement continued, without giving a quantity, vendor or total cost. Co said the purpose was public and legislative accountability for PNP operations and possible violations, not institutional modernization alone.\n\nCo quoted a PNP report submitted to her office on preparations for the State of the Nation Address mobilization, which described police-community-relations activities and community engagements \"to discourage\" groups and individuals from joining anti-administration protests and rallies. She asked what the phrase meant and challenged the report's characterization of the practice as advanced. Fuentebella first said police did not discourage rallies and should protect everyone and let them be heard. When Co said the wording was verbatim from the submitted report, he asked to see the complete document and could not explain the passage from the pages then available. He said police should prevent disorder, protect public safety and follow the law, and offered a written response after reviewing the document. Co said she would obtain the remaining pages and reiterated her concern that the reported practice could deter criticism and undermine democratic rights. No substantive explanation of the quoted wording or written follow-up is recorded in this round.\n\nCo showed a photograph she attributed to the 89th Infantry Battalion's Facebook page, describing an educational tour for 150 children under six from a child development center in Barangay North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, where children were shown holding long firearms. She asked whether this was acceptable and whether DILG and the Early Childhood Care and Development Council (ECCD) would prevent similar tours. Fuentebella said he could not yet answer the specific case, agreed the image looked concerning, and said he would bring it to the agency's attention. After Co explained her concern about early gun exposure, Fuentebella committed to investigate and ensure it would not happen again, asking her to provide the date.\n\nCo then argued that responses to school violence should center children's mental health and rights. She proposed better psychological guidance for mentors and parents to address bullying, digital-literacy lessons, and stricter gun policies and monitoring for government employees with firearms. Fuentebella's specific commitment concerned investigation of the child-center tour; the exchange records no response on these broader policy proposals.\n\nCo asked what assessment led DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2022-118 to make anti-illegal drugs a mandatory peace-and-order and public-safety focus in every local government unit (LGU), and whether the circular would be reviewed in light of the Dangerous Drugs Board's (DDB) stated shift toward health and rights. Fuentebella said the question also involved DDB, described police anti-drug work as continuing, and said DILG had no direct mandate over the DDB/PDEA-led issue; police operations required Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) deputation. He acknowledged more was needed to protect young people. Co said LGU plans still appeared centered on criminalization and intelligence gathering. Fuentebella described improvement as ongoing, dependent on circumstances, and said DILG worked through its officers in LGUs. Asked for updates on local plans, monitoring and indicators tied to the DDB's forthcoming enhanced strategy, he said DDB had not yet provided DILG an update. He distinguished DDB's policy role from PDEA's implementation role, noted PDEA staffing constraints and case dismissals when required paperwork was missing, and said agencies should improve coordination; he also said suppressing drugs did not require killing people.\n\nCo asked whether a national issuance governed LGU-funded Barangay Intelligence Networks, including informant recruitment, safe houses and evaluation of spending. Fuentebella said this was between PNP and LGUs and that he knew of no DILG or national issuance. Co warned that continued LGU funding for such networks could conflict with a changing national strategy and cause harm to people affected by the drug war. 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She said the new campaign was working and cited inbound-arrival targets of 6.67 million for 2026 and 7.38 million for 2027, describing the latter as a 10.64 percent increase. Dagooc requested comparable data for Siargao and Dinagat and other key performance indicators over the old and new branding periods; Escudero agreed to submit them.\n\nDagooc cited 4.4 million international visitor arrivals as of August 31, 2026, compared with 4,381,585 for the same period in 2025, a reported 0.78 percent increase, which Escudero confirmed. Dagooc then used a 6.7 million 2026 target to calculate that about 2.284 million additional arrivals, or 571,000 per month, would be needed from September through December. Escudero answered that the holiday peak season was approaching; the exchange records no revised target or later arrival result.\n\nDagooc raised DOT's reported PHP 6.02 billion financing gap for 28 tourism-infrastructure projects after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shifted responsibility for financing new and continuing DOT projects. Escudero confirmed the 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) provided zero funding for the request. She said DOT had submitted the project list to DPWH, which directed DOT to submit the requests to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM); because of limited fiscal space, the requested funding was not granted. Dagooc urged Congress to obtain the complete list, locations, implementing agencies and projects left without NEP funding. Escudero agreed to submit the information.\n\nDagooc questioned spending on promotion when destinations lacked basic facilities such as airport seating. Escudero replied that branding and infrastructure were complementary and neither could be omitted. The record contains a requested project package and a zero-NEP outcome, not an approved addition.\n\nDagooc asked DOT to break down the PHP 1 billion branding allocation among creative services, media placement, digital advertising, foreign and domestic campaigns, influencers and ambassadors, trade fairs, and research, and asked how DOT would report accomplishments to Congress to support future program funding. Escudero agreed to provide the breakdown. She said the department submits Tier 1 and Tier 2 budget proposals organized by object-of-expenditure classification and department priorities, but did not give the requested category amounts in this exchange.\n\nDagooc said he wanted to understand which activities were funded and how results would be demonstrated to Congress. He described conversations with visitors to Siargao and Dinagat: in his informal sample of ten, seven said family or friends who had visited encouraged them to go, while three cited seeing surfing and their own interest in surfing. He offered this as input on tourism promotion, not as a DOT survey or measured national result.\n\nDagooc said the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) had completed tourism projects in Siargao but lacked funds, and he supported its budget. He urged Escudero to advocate with DBM for additional TIEZA budget support, even if only partial, emphasizing infrastructure needs such as usable airport facilities. Escudero agreed infrastructure mattered and said tourism development required coordination among DOT, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and local government units (LGUs). When Dagooc again asked for help seeking support for TIEZA, Escudero answered, 'Will do.' 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Escudero added halal and Muslim-friendly tourism, 108 Michelin-recognized establishments, 70 halal or Muslim-friendly establishments, and 28 dive clusters with more than 900 dive sites as products to promote. Cendaña urged the department to make domestic travel more affordable and accessible as well as maximize the impact of limited resources.\n\nCendaña asked how DOT would strengthen domestic tourism and encourage Filipinos to visit destinations within the country. Escudero said Filipinos made 140 million domestic trips in 2025, nearly 5% more than the previous year, supporting hotels, restaurants, transport workers, small businesses and dependent families. She described the Tourism Industry Training Program as serving 64,000 direct beneficiaries through courses in training, digitalization and technology, certification and ladderization. Cendaña welcomed continued planning to make local travel goals more accessible and affordable.\n\nCendaña asked about dive tourism's economic contribution and the resources needed by the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD). Escudero estimated the industry's annual economic value at 73 billion (currency not stated), equal to 2.2% of gross internal tourism expenditure and 0.3% of national gross domestic product (GDP). She said PCSSD's budget was PHP 44.9 million in FY2026 and PHP 49.5 million in FY2027, and described a separate PHP 82.49 million augmentation request for standards, research, stewardship, safety networks and operations. Cendaña supported increasing PCSSD resources to develop scuba diving and protect marine life and dive sites. The transcript's question and answer identify the requested augmentation as PHP 82.49 million; no disposition is recorded here.\n\nAsked which interventions would produce the greatest measurable gains in jobs, visitor spending and regional economic activity, Escudero identified three priorities: PHP 82.49 million for PCSSD; PHP 41.56 million for DOT's Office of the Secretary (OSEC) for national tourism planning, operations and the Tourism Development Fund; and PHP 50.92 million for the Intramuros Administration for tourism promotion and heritage conservation, including its United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage bid. She said DOT could submit its longer list to Cendaña's office. She then added the Tourism Road Infrastructure Program (TRIP), describing it as a 6 billion request for tourist destinations and the Department's top request; currency is not stated in this exchange. Cendaña said he supported the top three and the fourth item, and expressed support for additional DOT funding for campaigns, infrastructure and scuba diving. 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Presley C. De Jesus", "text": "Rep. Presley C. De Jesus asked the Department of Tourism (DOT) what it funded for dive tourism and how the programs would grow the industry. DOT sponsor Rep. Marie Bernadette G. Escudero said the 2026 initiative focused on trade development and support, including international dive expos. The DOT invested PHP 3.2 million and generated PHP 39.56 million in stakeholder sales leads. Escudero also cited the 2026 Salon de Plongee sous-marine, which generated 80,150,000 in sales leads (the currency was not stated). Other activities included the Puerto Galera Underwater Shootout and Philippine International Dive Expo 2027, training dive spotters, and familiarization for key media and opinion leaders.\n\nDe Jesus then asked whether the proposed 49 million or 50 million budget for the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) could serve its mandate across the 956 dive sites. Escudero said it could not and called the amount a survival budget. She reiterated the previously discussed augmentation request for standards, research, safety networks and operations. Escudero agreed that divers typically stay longer and spend more than average tourists. De Jesus said trips and food in Vietnam could be cheaper than Siargao or Boracay and urged promotion of less familiar Philippine dive destinations to European and North American travelers; Escudero partly agreed that Vietnam could sometimes be cheaper. No approval or disposition of the additional PCSSD request was stated.\n\nDe Jesus asked how much the Tourism Development Fund (TDF) held and who controlled it. Escudero described it as a special fund under Section 16 of Republic Act No. 9593. For 2027, she said the DOT needed PHP 13 million for priority tourism activities, while the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) provided PHP 4.578 million. She said the TDF was held in a Special Account in the General Fund (SAGF).\n\nAsked for the amount on hand as of March 2026, Escudero first said 25.451 billion. De Jesus checked whether she meant billion or million; Escudero corrected the unit to million and repeated 25.451 million. The final clarified balance was PHP 25.451 million, not billion.\n\nDe Jesus asked about the travel-tax charge for a Filipino economy-class traveler; Escudero confirmed the stated 1,620. She said collections were allocated 40% to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), 10% to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and 50% to the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), an attached agency of the DOT.\n\nFor 2025, Escudero reported total collections of PHP 8.87 billion, with 4.4 billion going to TIEZA, 3.5 billion to CHED and 887,000 to NCCA (she did not restate a unit for the NCCA amount). For January through July 2026, she reported PHP 4.7 billion collected, with 2.3 billion to TIEZA, 1.8 billion to CHED and 474,000 to NCCA (again, no unit was stated for the last amount). De Jesus estimated that collections could be about PHP 8 billion a year and asked whether the money returned to the Treasury or was spent by the agencies. Escudero said collections go to the National Treasury; TIEZA submits a request and the DOT seeks a special accounts budget.\n\nOn the possible abolition of the travel tax, Escudero said the abolition bill had passed the House on third and final reading but had not yet passed the Senate. She said the government would fund through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) the lost travel-tax funding of TIEZA, CHED and NCCA. De Jesus argued this could spare travelers the separate charge, which he said should instead be incorporated into ticket prices; he supported replacing the tax through the GAA. No enactment of the bill was reported. The stated NCCA collection shares do not reconcile with the 10% distribution rule; the exchange did not explain the discrepancy.\n\nDe Jesus said there were no more minority members seeking to interpellate and moved to terminate sponsorship and debate on the DOT budget and attached agencies. Rep. De Carlo L. Uy joined the motion for the majority. Presiding Deputy Speaker Yasser Alonto Balindong put the joint motion to the House; hearing no objection, he approved termination of the interpellations. 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