MANILA, Philippines —Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are eyeing to finalize the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 by Friday this week, the chairman of the appropriations committee of the lower chamber said Monday.
House appropriations panel chair ACT-CIS Rep.Eric Yap, in an online interview with reporters, said the two houses of Congress are scheduled to start bicameral deliberations on the budget bill.
“Ang sched namin tomorrow na siya mag-start and then target namin matapos sa Friday. Yun yung target namin. Pinakamatagal na po yung Monday next week matatapos,” he said.
(Our schedule is we will start tomorrow and then we aim to finish by Friday….
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