MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration is eyeing a bigger budget for 2021 than what it initially planned to propose before Congress, an indication the government is preparing a longer bounce-back from the economic fallout from the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Related Stories Coronavirus messes with gov't fiscal plans as deficit cap seen breached"We will have to evaluate the nature of requests," Pascua said. The budget department is currently collating funding requests from agencies for the 2021 outlay originally set 13.2% up from P4.1 trillion this year. Even before the 2021 budget is even discussed, funds are already being made available. "I am not so familiar with the supplemental budget being requested by DOH," Pascua said.

Source: Philippine Star March 11, 2020 09:53 UTC