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De Lima lauds Senate’s move to block payment for P20-billion Chinese CCTV project

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Jan. 25, lauded the Senate’s move to block payment for the P20-billion Chinese closed-circuit television camera project. “I commend the Senate for seriously evaluating and reviewing the ‘Safe Philippines’ project and asserting that funds from the taxpayers’ money should not be used to finance it. Not only is the project lacking in transparency, it also poses serious national security concerns,” she said in a statement. De […]