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The education sector obtained the highest share in the P6.326 trillion budget for fiscal year 2025, government data showed. President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. signed the 2025 General Appropriations Act on Monday wherein the education sector received an allocation of P1.055 trillion.Under the 1987 Constitution, the State shall assign the highest budgetary priority to the education sector .The sector was followed by the Department of Public Works and Highways with P1.
5 billion; Department of Transportation with P123.7 billion; Judiciary at P64.0 billion; and Department of Justice at P42.2 billion.Meanwhile, Marcos vetoed P194 billion worth of projects which were “inconsistent with the administration’s programmed priorities.'' These include some of the programs and projects of the DPWH classified under “Unprogrammed Appropriations.”In vetoing P26.
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