[WATCH] Inside Track: Marcos’ 2025 national budget is so bad

The 2025 national budget of the Marcos administration is so bad, according to everyone who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to budget, except for those who passed it of course.

The P6.35-trillion budget passed into law before the New Year, with Marcos making some concessions in the form of billion-peso vetoes. But this has not appeased groups who are expected to soon file petitions in the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of the budget.

Philhealth has zero subsidy, so much of the infrastructure budget are under unprogrammed funds, and pork barrel seems to be back in another form. The math of Education’s budget is also not math-ing, as Gen Zs would say.

The scandal surrounding alleged corruption in Vice President Sara Duterte’s offices is bad, but the president’s budget is also bad. In both, people’s money is at stake. – Rappler.com

Presenter, writer: Lian Buan
Producer, video editor: Cara Angeline Oliver
Videographer: Franz Lopez
Graphics: Marian Hukom
Associate producer: JC Gotinga
Supervising editor: Chay Hofileña
Supervising producer: Beth Frondoso