MANILA, Philippines — The disagreement between Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Bong Go over the funding source for local hospital bills finally ended with the two senators agreeing to fund the bills under the national budget for 2022.
During Wednesday’s session, Drilon proposed amendments to nine bills seeking to expand different local hospitals, identifying a funding source to implement the objective of the measures should they be enacted into law.
The nine bills were all passed on second reading during the session.
“The amendment will precisely fund this hospital [because] as originally proposed by the committee, the funding of this hospital will be ha…
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