MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday said the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 provides funding for several recently-enacted laws and bills now only awaiting the President’s signature to avoid rendering them “irrelevant” due to lack of funding.
“In our budget deliberations, we went over all of the priorities set by the government and the requirements of the different departments and agencies. We also made sure that our recently-enacted laws would be funded so as not to render them irrelevant,” Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee, said in a statement.
Among these legislations include the proposed Doktor Para sa Bayan Act, which seeks to gra…
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