Meneses said under the bottom-up budgeting framework, the DPWH would seek to involve communities in identifying the infrastructure projects that the DPWH should consider for priority funding under the National Expenditure Program. “Under the bottom-up budgeting system, communities will be directly involved in identifying or proposing infrastructure projects. It will not be the congressman or a senator who will submit proposals or a wishlist of projects,” Meneses said. In a press conference last Friday, IBMI called on the Senate and Congress to pass the legislation of a policy implementing and institutionalizing the bottom-up budgeting system. Catalina Cabral in allocating infrastructure funds and identifying projects to be funded by the DPWH budget.

Source: Philippine Star January 18, 2026 17:30 UTC