THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has more than P17 billion of unreleased appropriations from its P482.03 billion budget in 2016, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported on Monday.

At the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditure (JCOCPE) chaired by Senator Loren Legarda, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that of the P482 billion DPWH budget, P384.2 billion is for the agency specific-budget, P84.82 billion transfer from other agencies and P12.82 billion automatic appropriations.

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