Tag: proposed budget

Senate receives P4.1-trillion National Expenditure Program for 2020

(Eagle News)–The Senate has received a copy of the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020. The National Expenditure Program was given to Senate President Tito Sotto by Acting Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado. Also present were Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senate Finance committee chair Edgardo Angara and Senator Panfilo Lacson. The government operated on a reenacted budget for the first few months of this year due to an impasse in Congress. […]

House approves proposed P6.7-billion budget for OP

(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Aug. 29, approved the proposed P6.773 billion 2019 budget of the Office of the President–in less than ten minutes. It was Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman who made the motion to approve the budget after representatives of the OP made their presentation. Rep. Prospero Pichay seconded the motion. The  proposed 2019 budget of the OP is higher than its P6-billion appropriation in 2018.