THE bicameral conference committee for the P3.77-trillion national budget for 2018 met for the first time Thursday and lawmakers from both chambers disagreed immediately over some realignments, as others pushed for a “pork free” measure.
Present for the Senate were Finance Committee Chairman Loren Legarda, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senators Cynthia Villar, Juan Edgardo Angara, Panfilo Lacson, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Nancy Binay and Juan Miguel Zubiri.
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