Senate resumes plenary scrutiny of P3.35-trillion 2017 budget bill

November 15, 2016

SENATORS on Tuesday resumed marathon plenary deliberations on the P3.350-trillion 2017 national budget bill submitted by the Duterte administration to Congress.

Taking turns interpellating Sen. Loren Legarda on her budget sponsorship speech, the senators sought clarifications of the Senate Committee on Finance chairman’s report on the annual funding allocations, listing programmed appropriations at P2,431,986,952,000 and unprogrammed appropriations at P65,100,000,000.

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Legarda: 2017 Budget Will Help Deliver Change Filipinos Want

November 15, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda said that the proposed 2017 National Budget worth P3.350 trillion will help deliver the change that Filipinos want.

“Our proposed 2017 budget sets bold plans to meet not just today’s needs, but one that looks beyond 2017, one that contributes to delivering long-term solutions to the country’s long-term problems,” said Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, during her sponsorship speech on the proposed 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

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Legarda: 2017 Budget Will Help Deliver Change Filipinos Want

November 14, 2016

Senator Loren Legarda today said that the proposed 2017 National Budget worth P3.350 trillion will help deliver the change that Filipinos want.

“Our proposed 2017 budget sets bold plans to meet not just today’s needs, but one that looks beyond 2017, one that contributes to delivering long-term solutions to the country’s long-term problems,” said Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, during her sponsorship speech on the proposed 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

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