Eastern Visayas, the region hit by super typhoon “Yolanda” in 2013, gets the largest share of the total P24.7 billion Bottom-Up Budgeting funds (BuB) for 2016, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

“This means the 4.1 million people living in the provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar, Norther Samar, and Biliran, of which more than half are poor, will get the biggest share from BuB -- a game-changing reform under this administration that has allowed communities to directly identify priority poverty reduction projects to be funded under the National Budget,” said DBM Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad.

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