BETTER DAYS
Senator Sonny Angara
In just seven weeks after his administration was formally inaugurated in late June of this year, President Bongbong Marcos transmitted to Congress his government’s proposed budget for 2023, otherwise known as the National Expenditure Program (NEP).
The NEP de
The Marcos administration’s first national expenditure program underwent thorough scrutiny and was subject to intense debates by lawmakers before it was ratified.
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara gave this assurance when he presented the bicameral conference committee report
Voting 21-0-0, the Senate has approved its version of the P5.268-trillion national budget the first of the Marcos administration’s appropriations measure on third and final reading.
Both the Senate and House of Representatives will now take up the 2023 budget measure at the bicameral conferenc
With some of the controversial confidential and intelligence funds realigned, the Senate approved yesterday on third and final reading the P5.268-trillion budget for 2023, the first spending program of the Marcos administration designed to address the people’s needs post-pandemic.