SENATE, Pasay City — Noting that some of the mandates of certain government agencies may have already become outdated, Senator Sherwin 'Win' Gatchalian is now seeking a thorough review in order to upgrade their functions and performance in delivering the desired public service to the Filipino people.
Gatchalian cited several instances wherein government agencies have not kept abreast of developments in technology and even in administrative and management policies.

“Like, for example, the National Council for Children’s Television. Kapag tinatanong ko ang mga bata, hindi naman sila nanonood ng television. YouTube na rin ang pinapanood nila, eh. So, we have to review the mandate of these agencies,” he noted.

"(In) the National Book Development Board, of course, book development is also important. But we all know the internet now is the primary source of information for the majority of our students,”
he added.

Gatchalian likewise raised a concern regarding the redundancy of employees in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) with almost all jobs at the country's premier port of entry being done by a private entity while several airport workers are still there with nothing to do.

“Halos lahat na ng trabaho ginagawa noong privatized entity nang isinapribado ang NAIA pero nandoon parin lahat ng mga empleyado kaya wala silang ginagawa,” he pointed out.

He disclosed that "all those departments receive P300 million, P400 million, and during the budget deliberations they will really try to create projects just to say that we need them."

In addition to these examples, Senate President Francis 'Chiz' Escudero also noted school principals in some public educational institutions and uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and even the Philippine National Police (PNP) having similar questionable roles.

In response, however, the Department of Education (DepEd) stated that they are currently fixing the concern while the Department of National Defense (DND) clarified that the size of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is dependent on national security concerns.