MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives is set to start tackling the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027 next week, Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. announced on Saturday. Abante said Nueva Ecija Rep. Michaela Suansing, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, has scheduled the debates to begin on Monday, or less than a week after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., through acting Budget Secretary Kim Robert de Leon, submitted the budget proposal to the House of Representatives last Tuesday. The outlay was presented to House officials led by Speaker Faustino G. Dy III and Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” […]...Keep on reading: House set to tackle proposed P7.2-trillion 2027 national budget next week