From GMA News (Aug 6): US Embassy: $32M aid for PHL law enforcement not new funding
The United States government clarified on Saturday that the $32-million aid to the Philippines for law enforcement training and services is not a new assistance but has been set aside way back in 2014.
"On record, we would clarify that the mentioned $32 million for law enforcement assistance is not new funding," said Emma Nagy, deputy press attaché of the US Embassy in Manila.
"It was already appropriated, in fiscal years 2014 through 2016, but programming using those funds has only recently begun to be implemented."
Nagy also said assistance provided by these funds "is subject to the same rigorous vetting as our other security assistance."
President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned about the American assistance on Friday when he visited soldiers in Capiz as part of his tour of military camps where he assured them of government support especially in dealing with groups like the Abu Sayyaf.
In his speech, Duterte said he plans to divide the amount between the military and police.
The funding was one of the talking points during US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Duterte in Malacañang on July 27.
Duterte and Kerry also discussed terrorism, crime, drugs, religious fanaticism, climate change, maritime security and the Philippines' legal victory against China's expansive claims in the South China Sea.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/576598/news/us-embassy-32m-aid-for-phl-law-enforcement-not-new-funding
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