During the Mindanao Hour news briefing in Malacanang, Diokno said the administration was on track to submit the proposed the P3.767-trillion proposed budget during the opening of the second regular session of the 17th Congress. “The President plans to sumbit the budget on the day of the SONA itself. Why are we doing this, so we can have an early start for the 2018,” Diokno told reporters. He said the 2018 proposed national budget, which the President has approved, allocated most to education, and infrastructure development. Of the total, education, culture and manpower development got P794 billion; social security, welfare and employment, P369.6 billion; P177.6 billion for health; and others at P209.6 billion.

Source: Manila Times July 14, 2017 03:22 UTC