BUB meet in Albay cites higher IRA, more social services

Legazpi City, Albay — With the increase of Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of 10 percent compared last year (2015) and 62 percent since 2010, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad believes that this means more capacity for the local government units (LGUs) to provide social services and local infrastructure projects for local communities. During the consultations on Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) for Barangays in the province of Albay, which was attended by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Dinky Soliman, Health Secretary Janet Garin, Albay Governor Joey Salceda and other local chief executives in the province, Abad disclosed that this would be beneficial to the priority projects of the local government units. “On the top of the CCT, KALAHI CIDSS, Philhealth and innovative Bottom-up Budgeting projects, LGUs has now more capacity to provide social services and more infra projects in the locality,” Abad said. He confirmed that since 2010, the internal [...]