THE House of Representatives will start plenary debates on Monday, September 16, on the P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025.
Plenary debates are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that the outlay would back the Agenda for Prosperity and Bagong Pilipinas programs of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'It will be our instrument in directly helping the poor through various social protection, financial aid and medical programs and in keeping food prices down, particularly the price of rice, which has fallen to P42 a kilo,' Romualdez said.
The deliberations on the budget bill will start with Co's sponsorship speech.Lawmakers will tackle the budgets of the Department of Finance, Department of Justice, National Economic and Development Authority, and judiciary.
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