NTF-Elcac seeks P10 million for each barangay in its program

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MANILA, Philippines — The anticommunist task force called for the increase of up to P10 million the allocation for every village under its Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP).

“Hopefully, for every village, our proposal is P10 million,” said Rene Valera, project management office assistant director from the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Office of Project Development Services.

DILG is part of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).

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Valera said they already complied with the Department of Budget and Management’s deadline for the National Expenditure Program for 2025.

Under the proposed 2025 SBDP budget, the NTF-Elcac has listed 870 barangays for P10 million each worth of farm-to-market roads, school buildings, water and sanitation systems, health stations, rural electrification, and other relevant non-infra projects.

To date, the government has already released a total of P28.39 billion for its SBDP.

For 2021, each village under SBDP received P20 million.

It was slashed to P4 million in 2022 and was even reduced to P2.5 million for each village in 2023 and 2024.