MANILA, Philippines — The Senate panel on accounts, now headed by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, will probe points hounding the New Senate Constructing (NSB) in Taguig on July 3.
Cayetano confirmed this in an announcement on Friday, additional detailing that the Division of Public Works and Highways has been defying their requests for the submission of all paperwork associated to the development.
“Now we have reached out quite a few instances to the DPWH since June 14, 2024, for the submission of all project-related paperwork however all our communication has fallen on deaf ears. Consequently, we’ve got formally requested Secretary Manuel Bonoan for these paperwork to be submitted no later than Monday, July 1, 2024,” mentioned Ceyateno.
In a separate assertion additionally issued Friday, the senator mentioned the deadline for submission follows a timeline that may enable committee members satisfactory time to assessment the supplies completely forward of the Wednesday listening to.
In the meantime, Cayetano mentioned the principle goal of the listening to is to “remove delays that would end in pointless prices or complicate cost-related issues” of the NSB.
Senate President Chiz Escudero earlier ordered the assessment of the supposedly ballooning prices of the NSB.
This was after Cayetano knowledgeable him about an obvious “dramatic enhance” within the constructing’s development price from an preliminary funds of P8 billion to a projected P23.3 billion.
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Cayetano, nonetheless, defined that the development of the NSB should still proceed regardless of the Senate panel on accounts’ assessment of the constructing’s price.
“So let me make clear this half kasi napanood ko rin ‘yung information kagabi na might taga-DPWH na nagsasabi nga na wala pang order na itigil. Yung sinasabi po sa information na part 1 and part 2 ito po yung na-bid up, ito po ay ongoing, pwede naman po tuloy yung development dyan na nire-review namin, wala pong battle yun,” mentioned Cayetano final June 12.
(So let me make clear this half as a result of I additionally watched the information final evening the place somebody from DPWH mentioned that there isn’t any order to cease the development but. What’s being mentioned within the information is that part 1 and part 2 are those which have been bid up; that is ongoing. The development can proceed there which we’re reviewing; there isn’t any battle.)
“So we’re simply trying on the documentation, we’re yung mga why and what, pero tuloy-tuloy po ‘yan para walang delay,” he emphasised.
(So we’re simply trying on the documentation, we’re trying on the whys and whats, however that’s steady, so there’s no delay.)
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Phases 1 and a pair of cowl the Core and Shell in addition to the fit-out of the constructing. Cayetano mentioned the committee on accounts would assessment the extra P10 billion wanted that has but to be procured.