MANILA, Philippines — The education, infrastructure, and health sectors got the biggest fund allocations based on the bicameral conference committee’s version of the proposed national budget for 2021.
According to data provided by the office of Senate finance committee chair Sonny Angara, the education sector will receive P708.181 billion should President Rodrigo Duterte sign the bicam-approved version of the 2021 budget.
The education sector covers the Department of Education, State Universities and Colleges, the Commission on Higher Education, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The Department of Public Works and Highways got the second …
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