MANILA, Philippines — The executive department would likely shift its priorities in terms of budget allocation for the country’s spending next year given the crisis inflicted by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Sonny Angara said Tuesday. Hospital’s across the country should also be capacitated to respond to infectious diseases like COVID-19, Angara noted. “(The) crucial infrastructure now I think is broadband internet because that’s going to be the wave of the future. ADVERTISEMENTPresident’s budgetWhile Angara said that it is still “early budget cycle,” he believes there would be shift in priority in the country’s spending for 2021. It’s really the executive who presents the budget to Congress and Congress kind of tinkers with that budget,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 05, 2020 03:22 UTC