Philippe: President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. officially signed the 6.793 trillion national budget for 2026 last January 5. So, ito na yung breakdown of our 2026 national budget for education, 1.345 trillion pesos. DPWH 530.9 billion, DOH 448.1 billion, Interior and Local Government, DILG 310.5 billion, DND, our National Defense, 310 billion, Agriculture 297.1 billion, Social Welfare, DSWD, 270.2 billion, Transportation, DOTR, 141. CDPWH, number 2 pa rin.
National Budget for 2026. Ano sa tingin niyo? Sapat ba? President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. officially signed the 6.793 trillion national budget for 2026 last January 5. Happy New Year! Okay. Ito yung exciting. So, hindi ko na… ang hirap basahin yung official press release sa Presidential Communications Office kasi hindi siya summarized.
Philippe: So, medyo mahaba siya. Good thing, meron tayong AI. Si Gemini itutulong sa atin. So, ito na yung breakdown of our 2026 national budget of 6.793 trillion pesos for 2026 alone. Punahin muna natin yung mga items na na-veto. Okay. So, may mga unprogrammed appropriations, totaling 92.5 billion.
Sabi niya, these are not blank checks and must not be used as a factor for discretionary spending. So, ito yung mga hindi na-approve. Pero, actually, there was no… There’s no breakdown kasi summary ito. Pero, ang top of the list na na-approve is for education, 1.345 trillion pesos. Yan ang allocated budget for our education.
Mclaine: Which is, I think, yan ang nakasulat sa Constitution natin na unang top priority ng government is the debt.
Philippe: Yes! 1.345 trillion at tinanggal na ang 11 and 12 again. Next, healthcare. 448.125 billion. A record high allocation fund, universal healthcare, disease surveillance and zero balance billing. Parang ito lang dapat yung mas mataas, no? Kailangan nila palitan, i-update yung batas natin in terms of education and healthcare.
Kasi, education now is very cheap. Wait, sorry. Rewind. Education now is now free. Right? Anything online is now free. Anything on YouTube and everything. But, formal education, the problem here, okay, hindi siya free. It’s only free in the public schools. But, sir, universities and all that, hindi sila free. And, outdated sila.
Philippe: Elementary and high school, outdated sila. Public schools, free sila pero outdated. We still use books. That’s one. Dapat focus tayo sa, you know, internet of things. High tech na tayo. We’re in the, not only that we’re in the era of technology but we’re in the era of AI. Babalik tayo dyan sa education.
So, healthcare, 448.125 billion. Agriculture, 297.102 billion. Social protection, 270.189 billion. Personal benefits, support budget, da-da-da-da-da-da-da, ba’t hindi naman ganyan. Okay, summary pala yun. Let’s go to… Sorry nagulo si Gemena, anong nangyari? Sectorial Allocation Breakdown. Ito na yun, sorry.
Philippe: Let’s go. Department and then Budget Allocation. So number 1 sinabi natin kanina, Education P1.345 Trillion. Yung number 2 pala is Public. DPWH P530.9 Billion. Health, DOH P448.1 Billion.
Interior and Local Government, DILG P310.5 Billion. Defense, DND, our National Defense P310 Billion. Bakit pa lang yung budget nating defense? Bakit pang chipipay ng mga warships? Ba’t bigay lahat na pa?
Mclaine: I think ang upgraded lang yata yung mga bulsa nila.
Philippe: Agriculture, P297.1 Billion. Social Welfare, DSWD, P270.2 Billion. Transportation, DOTR, P141.0 Billion. CDPWH, number 2 pa rin. I don’t know if this is higher than last year. Definitely higher than last year and definitely lots of work that needs to be done for DPWH.
Where can we justify this? Okay, DepEd is really unjustifiable. Diba? Number 1, binalik nila yung 11 and 12, tinanggal na nila, tapos balak nila ibalik, tapos tatanggalin nila. Ano ba talaga? Maganda sana. Kasi ako, I went through from grade 1 to 12. Maganda siya, magandang experience.
Mclaine: Sa Jordan?
Philippe: Not only in Jordan. In other countries, 1 to 12 is standard. Dito nga, nanggugulat nga ako, wow, after 10th grade, college ka na. If you think about it, hindi mo na kailangang magbayad for 11 and 12, yung expenses mo, yung gastus mo for those 2 years. Diretso na college.
Gagastos ko na lang sa college. Imagine 11 and 12, 1st and 2nd year ka na. Diba? Tipid pa. Look, I am not against the, I just, personally I can’t justify 1.345 trillion for education. What has, there are no improvements.
Philippe: Scandals with the books. They can’t decide whether, sa educational system, sa public school, do they teach a constitution?
Mclaine: Some part of it.
Philippe: Some part of it? Do they teach AI? Or introduce AI? Efficient ba sila? High tech ba sila? Alam ko may wifi yung mga schools and all that. Sa computer studies nila and all. Pero outdated eh. Outdated.
Philippe: Sobrang pumunta yung 1.345 trillion?
Mclaine: Well, during VP Sara’s being the SEC, she found out na pinasok din pala ng contractor ang DepEd. Sanwest, Sanwest Corporation, contractor pala ang nagpasok ng laptop, which is nasilip ni Sara Duterte.
This is based on her statement and based on her findings. That’s the reason why din na kaya din siya umalis dun sa pagiging sekretary ng DepEd. So, pag binasa mo yung neti, sabi niya, may contractor din pala sa DepEd.
Mclaine: So, ang tanong dun, bakit at paano nakapasok yung contractor sa DepEd, which is dapat. Kung contractor ka, ito ka sa DPWC. Ito, pwede kang contractor pero parang as a private or separate agency for DepEd alone.
Not na pag sinilip ka, Sanwest Corporation. Ano yung Sanwest? Contractor yan. Ano yun? Yung laptop niya may kasamang graba.
Philippe: May construction yung laptop.
Mclaine: O, I think. Tapos parang yung laptop nila is worth 100,000 yata each.
Philippe: Wow, gaming laptop?
Mclaine: Tapos pag nakita mo, I’m not sure kung yun yung pinakita. (9:46) Ninspect daw yung isang tech guide. I think, isa dun sa mga balita.Parang, ano daw eh, parang low tech. Based on the price. Low specs.
Parang pang 30,000 or 20,000 yung specs. Tapos ang nakita sa budget is more than 100,000. So, sana, sabihin na lang natin, if one laptop na pinorationalize 100,000, kung pag 20,000 lang siya, dapat 5 na dapat. 5 na dapat yung nakikinabang na school para dun sa isang in overprice nila.
Mclaine: Pero, yun nga. And, hindi natin masabi. Sila may hawak, sila may ano. Hindi pa rin yan napapanagot. Kasi nga, mong nag-step down na si VP Sara, hindi na nabigyan ng attention. And, ang nabigyan ng attention, yung sa kanya, yung 125 million CF fund. I think they need to improve.
Philippe: I know there is a public record saan nagkagasos you want itong mga budget. There is a website. I’m going to circle back to that. But, 1.3 trillion pesos for education. We have to see it. Siyempre, ang dami magsabi, oh, wala ka naman alam dyan sa mga public schools.
Ang dami ko alam kasi ang dami kong friends, mga anak nila pumunta. Pinagkwento nila. Ikang sabi ng bahay namin dati, public school, elementary high school. So, alam namin. Alam namin yung facility.
Philippe: Sa labas mo lang, makakita mo kung okay yung facility. Hindi siya safe, number one. Since along the road, traffic, meron naman ang nagmumando. Pero, it could have been served better. Siyempre, may mga cases.
May nasasaan, ang jeep, yung tricycle. Ang dami cases. Ang dami cases. So, until I see the improvements, until wala akong nakikita sa balita na, oh, maganda facility, na-improve na ganyan.
Philippe: Sana meron man lang na kahit konti lang na po itong school naging high-tech. But if there is, please comment it. Please comment. I want to see the news about the improvements.
Mclaine: I think meron.
Philippe: Saan?
Mclaine: Ganito. Isang school, magtatayo na isang building na upgraded or updated. Na yun lang.
Philippe: Sana?
Mclaine: Yung ibabalita nila.
Philippe: Meron? Pustahan tayong contractor nun yung bagong building. Sunwest na naman.
Mclaine: Oh No! Tapos, ito pa. Yung mga parents, pinagpo-provide ng, oh, mag-donate kayo ng electric fan. Oh. You have 1.345 trillion budget. Tapos hihingan mo pa yung mga parents, especially sa mga public school, oh, mag-provide kayo ng ano. Oh, mag-donate kayo ng ano.
Philippe: Wow.
Mclaine: Just recently, last year. Sabi ni teacher, oh, ano tayo, upgrade natin yung ilaw natin. Hindi. So, imagine, you have 30 grade 1 students. Yung school, yung room nila, double the size. Tapos, they have 1, 2, 3, 4, I think 6 or 8 na ilaw.
Dalawa lang ang gumagana. Suwerte nung nasa tapat ng ilaw. Paano yung mga bata na… So, pag tumusundo ako, nakikita ko, sabi ko, shocks, ang-dilim. Paano magsusulat yung mga bata? So, nagsabi nila, oh, mag-donate tayo.
Mclaine: Gumagawa ng budget yung mga parents. Oh, mag-ano tayo, 20 pesos per month. So, may contribution kami ng 20 pesos per month. Para daw sa school.
Philippe: And that’s public?
Mclaine: Public. Kung nangyayari ito sa amin, I think this is happening all over the world, or all over the Philippines, mga public school.
Philippe: I am, listen, for the budget approval, I’m happy 1.3 trillion, but I’m not happy with the outcome. Buti pa si DPWH, okay, kalahating bilyon, pero makikita mo naman kahit bapano, meron naman. Meron naman kahit bapano.
Mclaine: At nararamdaman mo sa mga some areas.
Philippe: For example, of course, yung mga public works, yung mga yan, kita mo naman lahat. Kita mo naman yung roads, lubak-lubak lagi, re-blocking.
Kita mo naman, re-blocking pa lang. Re-blocking pa lang, doon umiikot. Ano yan eh, parang subscription-based na hindi natatapos eh, yung re-blocking.
Mclaine: At hindi pa nababasag yung simento, binabasag na para maging maganda.
Philippe: Exactly! Makikita mo, wow, shit, bagong-bagong gawa.Sisirain na naman, bagong gawa. At least nakikita mo. But in our educational system in the public schools that I see, for example, dyan sa Batasan,
May mga improvements naman kahit bapano, but in the past 10-15 years na araw-araw dumanaan dyan, parang ang bagal ng implementation, ang bagal ng, hindi siya nagagawa agad.
Philippe: Pero right now, they’re building a new wing and all that. It’s great. But I think over budget for what’s needed and what’s being wasted on. But anyway, sana maganda yung outcomes. Sinong secretary ka yan? Oh, Sonny Anggara?
Mclaine: Yes, Anggara.
Philippe: Well, haven’t heard anything from him.
Mclaine: Anggara naman.
Philippe: Anggara naman.
Mclaine: Isa pa nakakatakot sa mga public school natin, yung safety ng mga bata. Imagine, pasok ng school, yung gate mo is just around two gates. So gate, isa lang, kalahati lang nakabukas. Tapos pag yung main gate mo, may another gate pa para dun sa security guard na isasaturate pa, segregate pa yung…
Philippe: Hindi ko ma gets bakit laging kalahati, no? Pati doon sa amin kalahati lang.
Mclaine: Tapos, pagtingin mo sa loob ng school, sa amin, merong part doon na napakaluwag. Merong gate doon sa isang part. Sabi ko, bakit hindi yun ang buksan? Doon papasukin lahat yung mga bata.
Hindi, anong ngyari? Eskineta, yun din yung daan ng barangay, one way. So itong mga tricycle, sa lubungan, mga bata. So talagang… And then lately, sa Bulacan, may mga umiikot na kumukuha ng mga bata.
Mclaine: So this was just recently posted sa Giginto, Bulacan. Nagpapanggap na susundo ng bata, papasok. So makikisabay sa during rush hour na sunduan. And then, yun nga, nangyari sa amin, meron din.
Hindi naman bata, pero sumasali sila na kumukuha ng mga gamit sa school. Kasi nga, nakakapasok. Tapos yung guard nila, matanda na. Initin pa ulo. So pag may isang nakasagutan, hindi siya…
Mclaine: Siyempre, discussion. Bawal nga, bawal. If they take advantage, ayaw mo sila. Nag-aaway sila, ayaw pasok sila. So wala na. Yung security ng mga bata, nawawala.
Philippe: Oy, DND. Php310 billion, anong ginagawa niyo doon sa mga schools niyo?
Philippe: Next in line, DPWH, Php530.9 billion. No comment. Suwerte pa nila, may Php530 sila. Suwerte pa sila, dapat magkagaling ito sa… Okay, DOH, health, Php448.1 billion. Ano mo, dapat mas malaki ang allocation dito sa health?
Mclaine: Regarding health, have you heard the yakap ng PhilHealth?
Philippe: Yeah, we have to have a separate session about yakap because not everyone’s informed about it. Alam mo ba anong yakap sa PhilHealth? Programang yakap.
Mclaine: Upgraded siya ng consulta package ng PhilHealth.
Philippe: Better than consulta, so in-improve nila?
Mclaine: In-improve nila.
Philippe: O hiwalay siya?
Mclaine: Ah, in-improve nila. So ito yung dating consulta. So in-improve nila, ginawa nilang yakap. So pag binasa mo, pag pinanood mo yung mga posts sa online, especially Facebook, maganda.
Kasi may mga accredited ng mga hospitals or even yung mga drugstores na magpuprovide ng libre. So ano to, every individual has P20,000 allocated free, mga laboratory, medicine. Pero doon lang yun sa mga accredited nila. So ang downside, maraming nag-take advantage.
Mclaine: Meron ko sa’ng nakitan, yung nanay, pumila siya, madaling araw pa lang, 4 a.m. Sabi niya, libre daw. E nagbaya din ako one pipe. Tapos inabot ako, alas 4 o’clock nang hapon nakaalis dito. So imagine mo, libre, tapos given naman, for sure, kahit pa paano gagasos ka.
Pero may mga yakap centers na pag pumunta ka doon, sabihin nila, ay, hindi pa po kami accredited. Pero nakalis na sila. Pag tinignan mo sa app sa eGov, ano yung pangalan ng hospital or accredited nila.
Mclaine: Tapos nung nagpunta, iba kasi sinusubaybayan ko at binabasa ko yung comment nila. So maraming mga nagpupunta, dismayado, sabi, accredited sila kasi nakita sa website or sa eGov. Pero pag tatingin nila doon, hindi pala accredited.
Philippe: Undercover nga tayo. Undercover tayo, tapos tanong natin kung ano yung… Normal, or ipa-undercover natin yung mga ibang kakilala natin. Tapos, sino mga… I-video natin. Pero malaman din natin kung totoo yun. Yan ang problem. Tamad yung mga ngayon. Pero hindi lahat. Baka totoo, hindi pa sila accredited. Pero bakit nakalis na sila?
Mclaine: Yan yung point ng mga netizens. Sabi niya, bakit nakalis na kayo dyan? Mayroong isang doktor na… Siya yung lagi nagpopromote ito. I’m not sure kung… Nakalimutan ko yung pangalan ng babae.
Sabi niya, yan din yung nagiging concern nila. Maraming nagre-reglamo, maraming nagkukuntang sa kanya. Bakit daw ganun? Nakalis na pero hindi naman accredited. Supposedly, dapat pag nakalis na ka, automatic. Magpo-provide ka na ng service kasi nandoon yan.
Philippe: Baka nakalis na as ano lang. Para ipakita na madami sa listahan. Not knowing. Backfire siguro yan.
Mclaine: Pwede. Or baka management lang nag-uusap. Implementation, wala. Parang, oy, sige, lagsama mo yung pangalan ko. Para mabango yung clinic nila, yung center nila.
Philippe: Next. DILG. Interior and Local Government. Php310 billion. Php310.5 billion. So sa mga hindi alam kung ano yung mga main role ng DILG is usually they promote peace and order, public safety, local government capabilities, overseeing agencies like the PNP, BFP, BJMP, and guiding LGUs and governance disaster response, community empowerment, peaceful, safe, and developed communities.
So sila yun. Php310. Hindi ko sila aramdam. But I think they’re doing a great job in terms of sa police force natin. Pag na-oversee nila, they’re doing… Kasi ang daming ngayon… Have you seen the news? Ang daming ngayon mga PNP officers, ang daming nakukulong, nakahuli, connected.
Philippe: Either lasing lang sila, napaaway na patay nila yung tao, or nahuli sila, in-scam yung nakulong or whatever. Kasi ang daming cases tungkol sa PNP. Parang ginalilis nila yung mga bad apples. Pero ang daming pala hanggang ngayon.
There’s so much more. That’s the recent news I’ve been seeing as of January 2, 2026. For them, for the DILG, I believe Php310… I can’t justify this yet. Kasi wala pa hung… Maybe because I’m not in that circle, but based sa mga…
Philippe: Sa pulis ha, kasi may daming kong kaibigan na polis na medyo mataas na lang ako. Tahimik. When it comes to peace and order, talagang tahimik. Walang gulo sa Pinas. Walang geraw. Meron lang gulo yung mga… Sa Maynila, yung mga batang… Yung mga gang-gang.
Yan ang konting problem doon. Pero it’s not major yung tipong… For example, in the U.S. Bawat school sa U.S. High school. May isang estudiante laging doon na talagang… Wala. Normal na sa U.S. yung mga school shootings.
Philippe: Buti nga dito, wala. Safe na-safe na dito. Which is great. So I believe peace and order. Paramdam ko siya talaga. Defense. Php 310 billion. So apart sa mga… Dino-donate nila yung warships, yung aeroplano, yung… Ano yung mga… Ano sa defense?
Do you have any ideas? Ang narinig ko, walang… Philippine… South Philippine Sea. Doon lang. Parang kawawa naman lagi yung mga fishermen natin. Kawawa naman yung navy natin. Parang yun na yun na. Wala ba tayong…
Mclaine: I think the last yata na major na balita regarding upgrade was during Duterte. Nung in-upgrade yung radars and nag-purchase ng other… hindi mo actually warship. Pero ibang nag-purchase, ibang pa yung mga nag-donate. Pero parang mas marami yung donation. Mga donate galing from Japan.
Philippe: It’s always that. Kasi ang mahal talaga bumili ng warship, aeroplano, fighter jets, helicopter. Mahal talaga. Pero for our nation’s nationals… For our national security, we need it. Diba? Ang sad lang is because minsan maririnig mo, for example, helicopter nag-crash.
But I add him, for example. Ang sad lang na parang it could have been… Well, crash is a crash, it’s an accident. Baka hindi na-maintain na maayos. O baka may… may na-maintain, tinanggal yung isang tornillo yung binalik.
Philippe: Yung mga ganyan cases naman. Pero in terms of our national defense, parang wala tayo sa Pinas. Wala tayo sa… Pagsinabi mo, top ten… top ten armies or top ten let’s say police force in the world. U.S., diba? U.K., Russia, mga tatapa, or SWAT teams.
Top ten SWAT teams. Wala namang tayo do’yun. Wala atas na tayo sa top 100 or you know. So, we don’t get the impression like South Korea, Japanese, na talaga well off in martial arts, or in guns, weapons, or anything like that. In terms of country base, for example, Israel.
Philippe: They’re known for their interest in missiles, navigation systems in Israel. Anti-aircraft. Automatic drone.
Mclaine: I think sila yung pinaka-advance ngayon.
Philippe: For the past few decades sila. Because the U.S. buys technology from Israel. Hindi naman. They can’t do anything to Israel because sila ang… Like in the U.S., Silicon Valley. Tech, Google. When we talk about weapons and systems in Israel.
Mclaine: Imagine gano’y sila maghit. For the past decades na ginagera sila. If sila yung… Compare mo na kung Pilipinas yan. Tapos Pilipinas. Lusaw na.
Philippe: Look at Iran. They can’t even… Sorry. Their anti-missile gun missed one missile. Pero ilan yung missiles na…
Mclaine: Pinapakawala.
Philippe: South Korea. Japan. The U.S. They have submarines.Do we even have a drone submarine? Wala.
Mclaine: RC
Philippe: RC
Mclaine: Teka may submarine na ba tayo?
Philippe: Mayroon ba tayong… What’s that? What’s an airplane? The C… C-130? Not known. C-130? Meron tayo, diba? Bigay din?
Mclaine: Meron naman yatang recently purchased. I think we have a few.
Philippe: A few C-130s.) Pero alam ko, luma na yung mga outdated. Parang yan yung mga… Used.
Mclaine: Brand new purchase. Used. Brand new purchase. Used C-130. Used refurbished C-130. Mahal kasi talaga, pero…
Philippe: With defense, DND, our soldiers, I know I’m just worried, diba? At least meron tayong reserves. What about our soldiers? Are they well intact? Are their training updated?
Alam ko kasi laging, especially the Navy, laging meron silang program with the U.S. U.S.V’s modern weapons and security funding like the approved 2.5 billion FMF focusing on enhanced maritime security in the Indo-Pacific against threats like Chinese coercion.
Philippe: Okay yan. Yan yung mga programs. That’s why joint exercises, yung mga task force ayungin, security assistance, modernization and all that. This is great kasi ang advantage kasi natin dito is that we have the U.S. on our side.
But I don’t think that should stop us from being stagnant in terms of our image about… Pinakaalap ko na okay sa image natin, Philippine Rangers. We have, when it comes to reputation, the Philippine Rangers are the best in the world.
Philippe: If not the top ten, best in the world. Kasi yung mga taga-US, pupunta pa sila dito to train under the Rangers. Kasi when it comes to the jungle, when it comes to terrain, when it comes to survival, yung Rangers natin ang top-notch.
Pero I wish, syempre tayo as normal citizens, 310 billion, hindi natin ma-justify that as normal citizens. Kahit sabihin natin, I’m so into, lagi ko pinapanood yung mga innovations ng US when it comes to their stealth airplanes.
Philippe: Mga innovation, yung mga bagong startups sa weaponry, navigation systems, drones. Fan ako dyan eh. Imagine sa US, meron na silang… Kung meron Air Force sa US, meron Space Force. Imagine the US allocated a budget for the Space Force. Do you know what the Space Force is?
Mclaine: Outer space?
Philippe: Exactly. It’s just like, imagine, they created… What’s the Air Force? What’s the Air Force? Air, right? Air. Planes, jets, stealth bombers, all that. Space Force, they’re preparing, matagal na yung Space Force, it’s been a decade now or more.
They created the Space Force Agency. Not an agency, it’s a space version of Air Force. So they have soldiers that are well-trained for space combat. Imagine that. They’re already in space combat.
Philippe: They’re already training what if we’re going to be invaded by aliens. They’re prepared. What do we have? Used, brand new used. We don’t even have lasers, we don’t even have any… Wala. We don’t even have drones.
Mclaine: We have Shopee.
Philippe: We have Shopee, TikTok.
Mclaine: Order tayo sa Shopee.
Philippe: Kawawa naman tayo. Pag na-invade tayo ng mga aliens, next. I believe under budget too. Agriculture. 297.1 billion. Hindi ko ma-justify ito kasi… What do we export? Nagdadoubt ako dito sa Gemini.
The Philippine farmland exports electronic products, semiconductors. Really? Wow. Meron tayo… Totoo ba ito? Semiconductors? Really?
Mclaine: Or maybe… Just because magtatayo na rin parang Silicon Valley sa Pampanga.
Philippe: Sana. Electronics yan ah. Let’s talk about agriculture. Coconut oil, yes. Bananas, yes. Pineapples, yes. Mangoes, yes. Nuts. Nuts? What kind of nuts?
Mclaine: Kakaw.
Philippe: OK
Mclaine: Isa tayo sa major exporter ng kakaw.
Philippe: Kakaw ba? Sa coffee?
Mclaine: Cocoa. For dark chocolates.
Philippe: But tayo, not as an exporter, producer of coconut pineapple. Sa minerals, kakaiba ito ah. The first time I read about it is copper, gold, nickel, and other raw materials. Copper? Hindi natin, kasi yung mga mining companies, hindi naman nila… Hindi naman sila nagpo-vlog. Oh, yan na tayo.
Mclaine: Pumunta na. Speaker 1 Dito kami. Speaker 2 Nagbiminas sila kayo. Ito, ang daming dito. Nabinigyan ako na isang nugget. Hindi pwedeng i-expose kung saan sila nag…
Philippe: You want to learn something that I learned that I was shocked about? Did you know… Bigas. Rice. Tayo pala nagturo sa mga Vietnamese to plant rice. That’s the real story. Nagulat din ako.
Tayo yung nagturo pano mag… Yung palayan. We taught the Vietnamese how to do that. And now, since the Vietnamese know how to do it, we import it from…
Mclaine: We teach them to do this.
Philippe: So we can import it from them.
Mclaine: Kaya siguro… Tinagurian tayo doon sa…Banawe rice terraces.And if you go to Vietnam, I think ginawa din nilang ganoon.
Philippe: It’s the same.
Mclaine: At parang sila yung… Parang kakala mo sa kanila nagmula. Lumalabas parang… Parang ginaya ng Pilipinas yung…
Philippe: Diba? Imagine tayo nagturo, tapos tayo pa mag-bubulisan nila. Wow, galing.
Mclaine: Sabihin ng Pinoy, at least di kami tama, diba? Tinuruan namin sila.
Philippe: Hindi na, bibilang na tayo. Hindi na kailangan mag-tanim.
Mclaine: Hindi na tayo mag-tatanim. Kukuha na lang tayo. Speaker 2 Aani na lang tayo. Well, with regards to that, isang issues din is most rice fields or rice lands, gina-convert sa subdivision. That’s another reason kaya medyo parang…
Philippe: Nako, matatamaan mo si Villiar.
Mclaine: Ay, hindi ko sinabi. Kasi parang 90% nila yata ng Pilipinas ay owned by Villiar. Nakita ko yan sa comments before. Parang 90% yata ng Pilipinas kay Villiar na eh. Kasi basta may rice land, may camellia, may Villiar properties.
Philippe: Para sa mga magsasaka, bibili sila ng con.
Mclaine: Pero nakakaawa yung mga magsasaka natin. Binibili yung sako ng palay is parang 7 pesos per sack. I think there are certain part in a province na 7 pesos or less.
Philippe: Anong gagawin mo sa 7 pesos?
Mclaine: Per sako ng palay. Palay pa siya, hindi pa siya. So, kasi ipoproduce mo pa siya. Kaya I think, dito pumasok yung 20 pesos bigas ni PBBM para binibili ng… I hope hindi totoo yung ganun. Kasi may natagpuan nga sa Bulacan na ilang warehouse na nag rice hoarding, tons of rice.
Philippe: 20 pesos per kilo? Nangyari naman eh. Yung 40 pesos, bilhin ka kalahat eh. 20 pesos na.
Mclaine: Hindi, nangyari yan. Doon mismo sa kalahat, yung binagyo. Nagdala si PBBM. Tapos doon, nagbenta ng 20 pesos na bigas. Samantala lang yung iwang agencies nag-donate. Yung government natin, binentahan pa. Nasalantan ha, binentahan pa.
Philippe: Secretary of Agriculture of the Philippines as of November 2023, appointed by Bongbong Marcos. Francisco Chu Laurel Jr. Marami ang nagsasuggest dapat ang Secretary ng Agriculture si Manny Pinol.
Mclaine: Do you know who Manny Pinol is? Talagang on-hand too. I think magsasaka siya before. Maraming… maraming nagsuggest sa kanya. Pero… ito kasi talaga on-hand. Nagvivisit talaga siya ng mga farms, mga agriculture area, babuyan, manukan, lahat ng crush.
On-hand siya. Kasi galing siya doon. Unlike with these secretaries na uupo. Parang… nakahawak na ba ito ng lupa? Nakahawak na ba ito ng… Did they… have their hands get dirty? Literally? Marunong ba sila magtalim ng halaman? Pero malaki ang agricultural sector, hindi lang naman pagtatanim yan.
Philippe: Well, I believe na kailangan na innovation sa agricultural sector. Number one. Kaya they have to look into… Hindi ako expert ha. Pero kung anong nakikita ko sa ibang bansa, dapat ganun din dito kasi may capabilities tayo.
So number one, sinasabi lagi nila, maraming tayong lupa. At problema natin pag tagunan, tagbagyo. Nasisira yung mga palayan, nasisira yung mga props. May napanood ako a video about one entrepreneur nag-innovate siya when it comes to produce yung mga… kamatis, lettuce, etc. Yung mga nabibili sa grocery.
Philippe: Singapore yan. Sa Singapore kasi walang land. Kung konti lang yung land. Limited. Hindi ka basta-basta pwede bumili yung land doon. Kasi yung nation eh. Nag-start siya ng vertical farming in a warehouse within the city. Within the city.
Nag-start siya ng maliit. Right now mayroon siyang isang warehouse. Ang malaki eh. Vertical. High-tech. Lahat monitored. Clean. Walang pesticides. May water irrigation siya. Systematic and everything. Fresh cabbage. Hindi siya apophonics.
Philippe: It’s just plants and vegetables. But not all types of vegetables. Yung necessity. So yung ano niya is from hindi naman farm. From farm to table. Literally. Kasi pupunta ka lang doon. Yung mga establishments daw. Pwede bili sa kanya.
So sinu-supply niya lahat ng mga restaurants. Hindi naman lahat pero karamihan ng mga restaurants. Within that area. And it works. Patong-patong lang sila. Iba nga aquaponics. Di ba? Warehouse aquaponics. Why can’t we adapt that?
Mclaine: Ang dami nating warehouse. Hindi lang yun. Hindi lang lupa. Ang dami nating warehouse. Bakit ganoon ang Pilipinas? O ang tao. Yung working. Bakit hindi mo i-adapt?
Philippe: Exactly.Why do we need? Okay.I-educate natin yung mga farmers sa provinces. Yung mga magsasaka.I-educate natin sila na mag-ennovate. Hindi yung bagong technology. Kasi very traditional na yung palay.
Very traditional na. For sure, there is a way. There is a way. When you do your harvest, of course, kailangan natin ng daan para matuyo yung palay. Why not? Itong taong dun sa Singapore, how does she use sunlight? Warehouse.
Philippe: Alam ko, red light, red LED’s light that replicates the sun and better. And it’s natural. Well, not really considered natural, pero it has the same effect of the sun. Why can’t they do that here? Why can’t?
Gayahin na lang natin sila. Gayahin na lang natin yung mga technology out there. And it’s very doable. It’s not impossible. We have the engineers. We have the creative minds.
We have everything. We have the money. Pusibleng na wala tayong money. Look at the budgets. They’re very big.
Mclaine: 297.
Philippe: Next. Welfare. DSWD. 270.2 billion. DSWD. O, kasama naman po.
Mclaine: Tupad. Ikes. 4P’s. Sino na kalista? Mayayaman. Kamag-anak.
Philippe: Ghost. Ghost. Sampung ghost. Okay. No comment ako dyan. No comment ako dyan. Kasi everyday nakikita ko silang pila-pila.
Mclaine: Anyway, malaki naman ang scope ng DSWD. It’s not just about…
Philippe: Yes. Seniors, PWDs, single parents.
Mclaine: Ayun naman. Last time na-mention ko about sa seniors. Kailangan nila magpapahid ng butaw. Bakit kailangan pa? Senior na nga eh. They should be receiving na their own, their pension.
They have already served their days na nagbabayad sila. Kaya kami contribution eh. If they paid the contribution… Sabi nung isang kakilala ko, parang namatayan din yata sila. So, my dad passed away recently.
Mclaine: So, nung nag-mention siya, sabi niya, “O, sinabi mo ba nagbayad ng SSS? Ni minsan, kahit isa lang?” Sabi na… Kasi ako, nag-process ako eh. Sabi sa akin, basta nagpagbayad ka na isang contribution mo, meron ka makukuha. That’s for regarding sa Bureau Assistance. But still, that would actually go pa rin sa DSWD.
So, imagine that. Isang beses lang, nakakuha na. Eh, what more pa yung nagbayad ng pension? Kaya nabot ng retirement eh. Na-retired na. Nabot ng for the longest time na nagtatrabaho. May kaltas.
Philippe: It’s never fair, you know why? It’s never fair. Doon nga sa four Ps, hindi ano yan. Again, as I always say, separate natin yung seniors, yung PWDs, yung single parents, separate natin sila. Kung sino matitira, yung mga bukod pa doon, it’s not fair.
Tayo nga nagbabayad ng taxes. Pag kumakain tayo sa Jollibee or McDo, nagbabayad nga yung taxes. Saan napupunta yun? Part na yun, napupunta doon sa kanila. Sa mga walang trabaho.
Dapat nga, yung mga may trabaho, mapunta din sa kanila kahit pa paano.
Philippe: Para maramdam nila na… Wow. Ang gobyerno natin, tumutulong sa mga working population. Kasi tayo yung ipapalago ng ekonomiya. Diba? Yun lang yun eh. Eh, ang problema, napupunta doon sa… Like I said, hiwalay natin PWD, orphanage, single parents, senior citizens.
Pag napupunta yung mga four Ps sa mga taong addict, nasingyero, sukalero, at kung ano-ano. It’s unfair talaga. DSWD secretary, Rex Gatchalian. Siya ang secretary natin. Ba’t ganun? Pag magkatunog, doon pa may anomalya.
Philippe: DPWH? DSWD? Basta may W. Basta may D at W. Yun na yun. Okay. Last and not least, transportation, DOTR. 141. Justifiable to?
Mclaine: Nakikita naman, kahit pa paano. Ramdam na kahit pa paano.
Philippe: Ramdam. Ramdam. Kasi kulang transportation natin and all that. Pero ramdam pa, I am kinda…
Mclaine: Kulang?
Philippe: Hindi naman. Oh, actually, yeah, kulang. How is it we can afford a new subway, MRT 7, new MRT trains?
Mclaine: I think, nang binabasa ko, naka-hold ang subway.
Philippe: I think ginagawa pa.
Mclaine: There are some projects na na-hold because of the issues with regards to the budget. I’m not sure kung nadaanan ko lang recently. I think, yeah, recently lang. Sabi ko, huh? Talaga? Patigil ba yun? Subway?
Philippe: Medyo na-weird on ako eh. Hindi pa dapat mataas yung budget nila kasi laging traffic. I mean, what I’m trying to say is ramdam mo na, wow, naging improve yung trains going to Clark, straight to the airport and all that. Yung improvements, right?
Mclaine: Pero parang ang tagal ng PNR.
Philippe: Yeah, medyo matagal. Pero idol ko na ngayon, big fan ako ni Secretary Giovanni Lopez. My mistake, si Giovanni ang sumunod kay Vince Dizon.
Mclaine: Okay.
Philippe: Giovanni is the new DOTR secretary. Sorry about that—my mistake.
Mclaine: Pero I think sandali lang si Vince dun sa DOTR since kinailangan siya sa DPWH. At medyo naayos yata niya, meron siyang major na nagawa na kinakailangan ng DPWH.
Philippe: Sa DOTR, I think very underperforming kasi yung traffic issues at pati yung LTO, malaking problema. Pero dun tayo sa positive: I became a fan ng isang tao kasi talagang may nagagawa siyang pagbabago. Siya yung successor ng mga tao na sinundan natin last year at year before.
Si Gabriel Go na ngayon ang humahandle ng MFDA operations sa ilang lugar sa iba’t ibang lungsod. Nilinis niya yung system—dati ang idol natin si General Nebriha, ngayon si Gabriel Go. Impactful siya, pero karamihan sa enforcement ang epekto.
Hoy! Walang helmet! Hoy! Tsinelas! Yan ang problema—hindi mawawala hangga’t walang strict enforcement: walang helmet, P50,000; tsinelas, P25,000. Makano nga yung penalty ng…?
Mclaine: Helmet? 1,000.
Philippe: Tsinelas?
Mclaine: I think that’s 500 yata.
Philippe: Yan ang problem sa enforcement. Yan ang kulang. We have to sinasabi ko lage hit them where it hurts. Ikaw ba pag nahuli ka no helmet tapos 50,000 in buyer tapos community service tapos isang gabig kukulong ka. Ewan ko nalang kung hindi ka magbabago.
Mclaine: Pag nahuli ka at yun ang sintensya, talagang mababago ka. Pero hanggang hindi ka pa nahuhuli, iba ang takbo—malaki ang pagkakaiba ng nahuli at hindi pa nahuhuli. Yung mga hindi pa nahuhuli, parang wala pa silang repercussion.Pag nahuli na… sorry, pa Gcash ka na—kailangan mong harapin ang consequences.
Philippe: It has to happen. There should be higher fines. Hindi pwede 5,000 yung first offense. Hindi dapat. Dapat 50,000 na first offense. Second offense ikulong na. Ikulong na isang buwan. Ayaw mo talaga. Ikulong na isang buwan. Plus 100,000. Ewan ko nalang ewan ko nalang kung mas survive ka. Wrong parking. Hindi lang what’s wrong parking? No parking area.
Mclaine: 1500?
Philippe: One-five. Pagdating 150,000. Mag-retire si Gabriel Go kung gano’n mangyayari. Wala namang wala nang hinuhuli. You have to hit them where it’s hard. Dubai. UAE. Dubai specifically. Is it only now that we have if you look at your license yung hits ano’ng tawag to?
Mclaine: Point system?
Philippe: Yeah. Sa Dubai. After 12? Actually it’s not only after 12. If you do something really bad in terms of a car crash because you were negligent you were drunk revoke agad. Ikulong pa.
Di ba? Even if yung yung count mo is one or two you do something really stupid ikulong ka big fine and revocation of your license. You can’t drive in Dubai anymore. And for rich people who could afford all of that parang it’s you have to drive in Dubai.
Philippe: Kasi it’s such a nice place. It’s nice to drive there. The traffic is less. May traffic kahit papano but it’s not like here parking lot. In terms of enforcement dapat taasan yung mga fines. Counter. Mga jeepneys yung mga buses. Buti na lang the best thing that happened December or this year road rage revocation that is the best fine.
Mclaine: Ang ganda. At very proactive ang mga netizens. Picture. Huli ka. Yari ka. Tag si LTO.
Philippe: Show cause
Mclaine: Show cause order. Ah yan ah. Pa show cause order agad sila. Dapat ganyan. And then yun nga dapat mabigyan ng chance din yung mga especially mga nare-report kasi yun yung makakatulong sa kanila to ease out their work.
Hindi naman pwedeng asahan yung tao mo na lahat bantayan na yung to. Magbibigyan. Check niyo yung social media. Get a report. Validate nila. Yan yun. Kaysa naman sa keyboard warrior. Convert mo yung keyboard warrior into something more useful.
Philippe: Use the citisend.
Mclaine: Yes. Use citisend. LTO report. Pero okay yan.
Philippe: Best. Positive yan.
Mclaine: Diyan umangat ang LTO. Pero magpasok ng 2026, yun yung James Deacon issue. Parang yung kagandahan ng kasagsagan ng LTO.
Philippe: We want a first world Philippines always. And all these issues I wish we could handle them better. Also in terms of press releases. Yung isa kasi delayed eh. Si LTO medyo delayed. Hindi na-process yung nangyari. Di ba?
Hindi nila nabasa yung parang nabasa nila oh yung fine na parang reckless driving. Hanggang dun lang sila nabasa. Hindi nila binasa yung nasa ilalim. Ah yung ano pala yung proseso. Hindi nila nabasa yun.
Philippe: O masyadong na excited sila sa press release na ganyan na ganyan. Look, I’m always a large believer that you have to always defend your agency or you defend yourself. James Deacon was doing he was defending.
LTO was also defending. It was entertaining. But the outcome? Ngayon, mahirapan na si James Deacon when it comes to kasi adaming against James Deacon also. Andaming din against LTO.
Philippe: You know, but who’s right, who’s wrong? They’re both wrong and they’re both right at the same time. Kailangan what has to happen next time, they have to come together, sit down, make it better at make sure hindi mangyayari ulit.
Mclaine: Pero pwede naman hindi dumantong sa ganun eh. Let the LTO settle their issues or concern. Alam naman nila kung ano yung concern sa LTO eh. The process. Yung process talaga nag-ano dun eh.
Andami nagkukwestion ng process ng LTO. Magulo. Hindi sila sync. Parang si NCR si main ganito. Sa ibang district iba yung patakbo.
Philippe: Alam mo bakit? Franchises yung mga yan.Iba yung management.
Mclaine: Kaya kita mo maganda yung dating din ni Bosita eh. Kaya sasabihin niya, oh kausap ko si director o si ganito o si ganito. Nabasa mo ba? Tapos doon na malalaman kausap niya mismo LTO chief head ng departamento hindi nagbabasa ng memo.
Philippe: Walang alam yung mga yan.
Mclaine: Kaya nga. Tapos nakikipagtalo pa kay Bosita. Hindi. Ganito po kayo patakbo. Madam, madam. Di tayo nag-aaway dito. Binasa niyo po ba yung memo? Alin po bang memo? Ang memo palang nabasa is yung huli. Hindi nagbasa ng updated memo. Yan yung nakaka… Sabi ko, sabi ko, pwede bang sipain muna yung ano?
Philippe: I hope. I hope. Ang ganda yung ginagawa ni Bosita ever since naman.
Mclaine: Merong Cons.
Philippe: There’s a lot of cons. There’s a lot of benefits. I just hope… Ito yung problem kasi. Lalo kung may position ka. Let’s say sila pumunta siya ng LTO in a provincial area. Ang problem sa mga officials, official kayo eh.
Ang problema ng karamihan ng mga official is hindi sila ano, hindi sila down to earth when it comes to issues like this. Lalaban talaga sila. At kung talo din sila, asap, talo sila forever. Hindi nila naisip na when it comes to true leadership, ayaw nila aminin na…
Philippe: When it comes to public service, hindi na aaminin yung mali nila. Gagawin pa nila ng issue. Sana, kung dumating si Bosita, ah yes sir, sige. Aminin ko, nakamali ako. Maayos naman kausap si Bosita.
Mclaine: Imagine, buti na lang naging kongresista si Bosita. Eh kung hindi siya naging kongresista at pupunta lang siya doon bilang retired PNP official, ah wala. Ah hindi. Sumunod ka. LTO chief ako eh. Since naging kongresista, buti na lang.
Philippe: And sakot niya nationwide pa. Hindi siya certain ano lang
Mclaine: Kaya malaking bagay din yung ginagawa ni Bosita.
Philippe: Positives, a lot of positives kay Bosita
Mclaine: Hindi lang sa mga motorista. I mean, sa mga nagmumotor. Kasi before, ang advocacy kasi niya doon sa mga argabiya ng mga motorcycle riders. Pero since, in general na yung tinatakbo niya, road safety talaga.
Philippe: It should be, talaga. I just hope, alam mo naman, ang dami kasi kamote nag-take advantage. I just hope nobody, hindi siya maloko.
Mclaine: Yan lang.
Philippe: May chance, I’m sure may mga times na naloko siya. I just hope hindi na lang mag-take advantage on that part. It’s weird kasi yan, ngayon sinisita niyo yung congresswoman Bosita sa mga LTO chiefs, provincials, and whatnot.
Maybe it’s for, okay, sabihin natin part of it is content—doon siya lumaki eh. I don’t know, nasa plano niya. Why not? Dumiretso na lang siya kay LTO chief, usap sila. Hindi ba efficient? Isang tao, isang memo; isang tao, isang memo. Ito yung maging bagong sistema natin sa lahat ng LTO, di ba?
Mclaine: Well, nabanggit ko nga kanina, di ba? Isang chief, LTO chief, nakikipagtalo. Old memo. Hindi pa lang nagbabasa ng memo. Yan sabi nga ni Bosita eh. “Ma’am, nabasa niya ba yung memo?” Eh, nilabas ang memo. Ang nilabas ng memo, luma. The point, tama ka doon sa point mo, mas less hassle yun kasi isa lang yung i-de-deal mo eh.
Philippe: Yes.
Mclaine: Head. Pero kung magbaba ni head, at hindi naman pala nagbabasa yung mga LTO chief, edu-share. Doon, yun ang ginawa naman ni Bosita. Eh, di pala nagbabasa eh. Magpuntaan ko kasi may issue. Anyway, those are the pros and cons regarding dealing with those kind of matters.
Philippe: 6.793 Trillion Pesos National Budget for 2026. Ano sa tingin nyo? Sapat ba? Kulang.
Mclaine: Kulang yung ibubulsa. Eh. Ano ba yan ibubulsa?.
