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Palace asserts ICI has already received full P41-M funding
Manila Bulletin
|December 6, 2025
Malacañang clarified that the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has already received its full P41-million budget, disputing outgoing commissioner, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio "Babes" Singson’s claim that the funding "never reached" the body and existed "only in the newspapers.
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In a press briefing, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) issued the Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) as early as September.
According to the Palace official, the delay stemmed from the modified disbursement system and not from insufficient government support.
"Nandiyan na po (The funds are disbursed)," she said Friday, Dec. 5.
With this, Castro said Baguio Mayor Benjie Magalong can now be reimbursed after the latter disclosed that he had advanced P30,000 from his own pocket during his time with the ICI.
This story is from the December 6, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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