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Cayetano's P50-Million Cauldron: November 22, 2019 Alejandro Del Rosario Manila Standard
Cayetano's P50-Million Cauldron: November 22, 2019 Alejandro Del Rosario Manila Standard
"This is money that could have been spent to build more classrooms or
develop sports."
He also said it is only P45 million and not P50 M as reported in media. The
Speaker is the concurrent chairman of the SEA organizing committee.
So okay, it is P5 million less but it still expensive. This is money that could
have been spent to build more classrooms or develop sports. The country
needs these badly.
The Philippine Sports Commission said it did not know the cauldron cost that
much. Butch Ramirez, PSC head, says that cost does not include expenses for
the kerosene to keep the cauldron lit up throughout the Games which start on
Nov. 30.
Questions are being asked why Cayetano, who is already saddled with work
as Speaker of the House, was still made chairman of the SEA organizing
committee. His term as Speaker is also being challenged by Marinduque Rep.
Lord Allan Velasco who, under a gentlemen’s agreement, was supposed to
take over the speakership after Cayeteno had occupied it for 15 months. But
Cayetano wants to stay on, claiming the supermajority in the House wants to
retain for “a job well done.”
If the administration has this list, why then does it not go after these high-
value targets instead of concentrating on small time drug runners and users?