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The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology on Thursday asked lawmakers to support its bid to increase the proposed 2025 budget for the food and medical allowance of persons deprived of liberty .BJMP Chief Jail Director Ruel Rivera made the call during budget deliberations before the House appropriations panel.“We have a request of P100 pesos , from P70 pesos , and also from P15 for their medical allowance to P30 ,” Rivera told lawmakers.BJMP’s proposed budget for 2025 is P29.
On the other hand, the proposed 2025 budget earmarked around P999,000 for the PDLs’ medical allowance.Under the 2025 budget, BJMP said its assumed prisoner population is 182,556.“I hope and pray that all of you here would support us and heed the call of the BJMP to alleviate the plight of our PDLs,” Rivera urged.OFW party-list Representative Marissa Magsino agreed with Rivera, saying current allocations for food and meal allowance for PDLs are hardly enough.“I find this almost impossible .
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