Senate starts plenary debates on P3.7-T budget for 2018

THE Senate started its plenary debates on the proposed P3.7-trillion national budget for 2018 after Senator Loren Legarda sponsored the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) during the morning session of the chamber.

“Your Committee on Finance has poured into 48 budget hearings, 10 technical working group meetings, several budget briefings, and a comprehensive discussion at the Development Budget Coordinating Committee (DBCC) level, to assemble the 2018 national budget that I am about to present,” Legarda, chairman of the finance committee, said in her sponsorship speech.