Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
Ms. Pagaduan, this caregivers program is something that in my experience, through my own office, has seemed so delayed, even until this recent announcement. A lot of people are suffering.
Can you speak a little more to this 12-month wait period? It seems a really long time and it's not very specific.
Suppose someone doesn't have all their documents and didn't put in the application or something is missing. It doesn't specify where the 12 months start from, or where the 12 months end.
Can you please give a little more information on how you see that and what requirements it should have in it?