The government has failed to spend some P168.7 billion pesos for COVID-19 related funds due to bureaucratic red tape.  This means that unnecessary paperwork, documents, and procedures got in the way of allowing government agencies to utilize the billions of pesos allotted to the COVID-19 response, reported Inquirer.  The Budget Department said that this was …

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