Rodrigo Duterte will submit to the House of Representatives the proposed national budget for next year on the day of his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) this month, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Friday. “The President plans to submit the budget on the day of the SONA itself. He said the proposed 2018 national budget, which the President had approved, allocates the largest outlays to education and infrastructure development. Data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed the Duterte administration would set aside the biggest slice of the nation’s budget next year for social services, at 41.2 percent of the total, or P1.551 trillion. Education, culture and manpower development will get P794 billion; social security, welfare and employment, P369.6 billion; and health, P177.6 billion.

Source: Manila Times July 14, 2017 17:03 UTC