PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte needs to weigh the cost of enacting a bill providing free tertiary education to students in state colleges and universities (SUCs) before deciding the measure's fate, Malacañang said on Thursday.

In a press conference, Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Ana Marie Banaag said Duterte remained committed to making life better for the Filipino people, pointing to the administration's programs as proofs.

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