MANILA, Philippines — Funding for government response to calamities and the coronavirus pandemic are among the “primary considerations” as the bicameral conference
committee began its discussion on the proposed national budget for next year, Senator Sonny Angara said Tuesday.
Angara, who chairs the Senate committee on finance, said both the Senate and House contingents to the bicam are both focused on responding to the pandemic and calamities,
especially following the recent series of typhoons that ravaged the country.
“I heard the Speaker [Lord Allan Velasco] say it’s (vaccine) one of the things he wants to consider so I think dun palagay ko magiging priority ‘yun sa vaccin…
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