Senate approves proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021

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(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Nov. 26, approved on third and final reading the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021. Twenty-two senators voted for the approval of the bill, which would have allotted funds for the country’s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A speakership row in the House of Representatives had threatened to derail the passage of the budget bill there, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to personally appeal to the House amid […]