The government is quick to disburse allocations to senators and congressmen, but it is taking its own sweet time releasing funds for high-priority projects like farm-to-market roads.

Under a P325 million program funded by the Japanese government, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is supposed to complete by the end of last year nine farm-to-market roads, five potable water systems, three communal irrigation systems, and two post-harvest facilities.

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