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Safeguards sought for classroom construction bill vs conflict of interest
Business World Philippines
|December 05, 2025
A MEASURE that will authorize local government units and civil society organizations (CSO) to undertake classroom construction projects should include safeguards against potential corruption, a senator said.
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Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said the involvement of nongovernment organizations (NGO), particularly in bidding and monitoring classroom projects, may create “conflict of interest.”
“Probably (we can include a) caveat, that provided they will not monitor themselves,” he said during his interpellation of Senate Bill No. 1482, “Classroom-building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act,” on Wednesday evening.
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