THE BICAMERAL Conference Committee on the 2018 national budget broke the impasse over realignments after the Senate and the House of Representatives ironed out their differences, including the P50 billion that the upper chamber had cut from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), a member said.

"The good news is it has been broken. [On Monday,] we came into an agreement that the budget cuts that were done by the Senate particularly on DPWH will no longer push through based on our meetings so that will not carry in the Bicameral Committee version," said Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles, chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations.

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