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(Photo courtesy of DepEd PH Facebook) MANILA - Senator Win Gatchalian on Friday described the PHP2.4-billion laptop mess as a great disservice to teachers. In a news release, Gatchalian said the purchase of outdated and overpriced laptops deprived nearly 29,000 teachers of the much-needed equipment for teaching at the height of the pandemic. He likewise repeated his call for the abolition of the Procurement Service - Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), which he said has a "bad habit" of transferring funds so it would not be marked for low utilization or for not using its budget. State auditors under the DepEd's Agency Procurement Request (APR), pegged the price per laptop at PHP35,046.50. The PS-DBM-approved budget for the contract (ABC), however, was PHP58,300 per laptop. The Commission on Audit said it could not ascertain the PS-DBM's basis for adopting the PHP58,300 in its ABC, which the DepEd duly accepted. Because of the increased cost estimate from Dep

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