Monday 23 April 2012

Corrupt government Institutions of the Philippines.

Last year Febuary 24 to March 6 2011 The Pulse Asia conducted a survey of what is the most corrupt government Institution in the Philippines. Pulse Asia is a public opinion polling body in the Philippines. It was launched by professional academics recognized as experts in their respective fields of study. It monitors salient socio-economic, political and cultural issues in the minds of the Filipino public..

They interviewed 1,200 representative adults in the different sector aging 18years old and above. The survey shows that about one in every two Filipinos about 48.9% percieved that the AFP is the most corrupt government institution. The Pulse Asia survey results also showed a high level of public awareness of instances of alleged corruption in the military such as WELCOME and SEND-OFF GIFTS given to military top officers. The second most corrupt institution according to the survey is the Philippine National Police with the result of 26.6%. The third place is the Depertment of Public Works and Highways 18.2% followed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with the score of 7.8%. And the last is the Land Transportation Office with the score of 7.2% .

Last Nov. 22 2011, the Philippine Senate approved the P1.816 trillion ($41 billion) proposed national budget for the year 2012. This budget is higher by 10.4 percent than of 2011 budget of P1.645 trillion. The P1.816-trillion proposed Budget for 2012 represents 16.5 percent of the country’s GDP.

 The Debt Burden share has been reduced by 3.0 percentage points to 19.6 percent or P356.1 billion from 22.6 percent or P372.1 billion. Ultimately, our country’s debt profile has to be improved to reduce our vulnerability to market fluctuations.

The Social Services sector continues to receive the share of 31.7 percent or P575.8 billion of the National Budget. Meanwhile, the Economic Services sector will receive the second biggest share of 24.2 percent or P438.9 billion. The General Public Services and Defense sectors receive shares of 18.3 percent or P332.1 billion. Fiscal consolidation also requires to reduce the share of the Debt Burden on the National Budget. In the 2012 Budget, the Debt Burden’s share has been reduced by 3.0 percentage points to 19.6 percent or P356.1 billion from 22.6 percent or P372.1 billion. Of the total Personal Services, P53.6 billion is included to provide for the pension requirements of the military, uniformed and civilian personnel which are indexed by law to current base pay and salaries. The increase in the pension requirements for 2012 of military (13 percent), uniformed (23 percent) and civilian personnel (12 percent) is due to the indexation of pension benefits to wage increases and the increasing number of beneficiaries..

DepEd will remain at the top, with another significant budgetary increase of 15.2 percent to P238.8 billion from its budget of P207.3 billion this year. From the 12.6 percent increase in 2011, the largest in over a decade, the increase for 2012 is even larger.

DPWH, meanwhile, will remain in second place with yet another significant increase of 13.5 percent to P125.5 billion, from P110.6 billion this year. After DPWH has revised cost structures and increased transparency in its procurement processes.

The DND, is the third, it will receive P107.9 billion, slightly higher by 3.1 percent than its current year’s allocation. To fund unfilled positions, P989.3 million is provided for DND. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), at fourth, will  receive P101.4 billion, which is an increase of 15.1 percent. Part of this amount is P5.2 billion under the MPBF to fund unfilled positions in the PNP, Bureau of Jail and Management Penology (BJMP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

Department of Agriculture, at fifth, gets the largest budgetary increase of 53.6 percent to P54.1 billion, from P35.2 billion in 2011.
Funding for the fight against corruption and to pursue the closure of large-scale and notorious cases of corruption that have been left unresolved. To attain this goal, the government increased the budget of the Sandiganbayan to P357.3 million. Of this amount, P254.0 million is set aside to help the primary graft court to fast track the disposition of 3,546 pending cases of corruption.

For 2012, the Philippine Government have focused 20.3 percent of the total budget, or P368.8 billion towards direct poverty reduction and empowerment of the poor, the highest among the key areas of expenditure and 15.8 percent higher than its 2011 level at P318.5 billion.

For this year sy2012 the allocated budget for the alleged most corrupt institutions of our government are as follows.
 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) had the budget of P 35,413,537,000
 Philippine National Police (PNP) had the budget of  P 73,217,682,000
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had the budget of  .P 109,833,405,000
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) had the budget of P 6,303,848,000

So guys as a FILIPINO and a tax payer, we will see and observe if this Budget is well spend by these Institutions this year.



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