The House of Representatives to the bicameral conference committee will push P77 billion in institutional amendments to the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget bill to augment the funds for education, health, transportation, and other critical- READ:
national budget bill to augment the funds for education, health, transportation, and other critical social services, Speaker Martin Romualdez said Sunday.
“And we are confident that the Senate and the House bicam members will see eye-to-eye on this. Our objectives are the same: to pass a people’s budget that reflects President Marcos Jr.’s eight-point economic agenda that will help the country bounce back from the pandemic,” the Speaker added. Noting that allocations have usually favored the National Capital Region and other highly urbanized cities, the senator said the 2023 budget should be made instrumental in distributing growth more evenly across the country.
“Equity is an essential element of unity. Equity is fairness. It is social justice. It is the key in providing opportunity for all Filipinos to fulfill their potential not just for themselves but for the benefit of the entire nation,” he said. He added that every province should have at least one good tertiary hospital, noting that the largest concentration of such facilities is in the National Capital Region with around 60 while the regions are left with only around five each on average.
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