MANILA, Philippines — Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary (DPWH) Vince Dizon told the bicam committee on Sunday that applying DPWH’s reduced material costs across the board resulted in inaccurate estimates for 10,000 projects, which led to errors in budget cuts. The DPWH secretary, in his presentation, cited several projects that got budget cuts under the Senate version, wherein he said that the reduced material costs cannot be applied wholesale or to all line items under the general appropriations bill (GAB). He said there was an incorrect implementation of the adjustment factor that the DPWH gave the Senate, as […]... Keep on reading: Senate made ‘incorrect’ DPWH budget cuts — Dizon