Senator Loren Legarda today said that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed into law the 2018 General Appropriations Act (GAA) amounting to Php3.767 Trillion—the highest allocation by any administration.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, reiterated that the 2018 GAA is a makatao or pro-people budget that places heavy importance on providing for the actual needs of the Filipinos, such as education, healthcare, livelihood, shelter, peace and order, and other support and services to the public.
Senator Loren Legarda today said that the 2018 national budget will further enable the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to cater to the needs of underprivileged Filipinos.
Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that the budget of the DSWD increased to Php141 Billion for next year from the current year’s Php128 Billion. She added that the proposed 2018 national budget was already ratified by Congress and will be signed by the President on December 19, 2017.
Senator Loren Legarda invites everyone to watch on the second week of Our Fragile Earth: Protected Areas of the Philippines, the short documentary on the Mt. Banahaw-San Cristobal Protected Landscape (MBSCPL).
The Senate today ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed 2018 General Appropriations Act.
Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that the 2018 national budget will be instrumental in ensuring that the Philippines maintains its economic status as one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region.
Senator Loren Legarda today graduated from the Command and General Staff Course, as part of Class 62, of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College (AFPCGSC), which will qualify her for promotion to full-fledged colonel.
Legarda also received the Academic Excellence for Research for her paper “The AFP in the Humanitarian Space: Building Resilience, Fostering Resilient Communities,” which explores the role of the military not just in responding to disasters, but also in reducing climate and disaster risks.
