Two senators on Friday bewailed the delay in the repair and reconstruction of school buildings damaged or destroyed by last year’s Super Typhoon Yolanda and the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in the Visayas reportedly owing to the unavailability of funds.

Senators Pia Cayetano and Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos Jr. said the funds promised by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the upkeep of state universities and colleges (SUCs) have not yet been released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

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