VOTING 16-0, the Senate on Wednesday evening approved on third and final reading the proposed P3.76-trillion national budget for 2018, which Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd described as a “fulfillment” of the promises of the Duterte government.
Sen. Loren Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, will lead the Senate contingent in the bicameral conference committee hearing today, November 30, to fine-tune conflicting provisions in budget versions of the Senate and House of Representatives.
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