Plenary debates on 2024 national budget start this weekMANILA, Philippines — Plenary debates on the proposed P5.7-trillion national budget for 2024 will start on Sept. 19 after the appropriations committee of the House of Representatives terminated last week its scrutiny of the national government’s spending plan. Other agencies like the Anti-Red Tape Authority, Mindanao Development Authority and Film Development Council of the Philippines will also be joining them tomorrow. Budget scrutiny for the Departments of Social Welfare, Information and Communications Technology and Interior and Local Government will be on Sept. 22. The national spending bill is the single most important piece of legislation Congress passes every year,” Speaker Martin Romualdez said. Next week starting Sept. 25, it will be the turn of the Civil Service Commission, Commission on Audit, Departments of Energy, Agriculture and Health as well as DOE-attached Energy Regulatory Commission.

Source: Philippine Star September 17, 2023 20:31 UTC