Congress to approve P5.768-b 2024 budget by Oct.—Speaker

By Rio N. Araja

CONGRESS aims to approve the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 before it goes on recess in October.

Speaker Martin Romualdez said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. plans tosubmit to the House of Representatives his budget proposal immediately after his second State of the Nation Address today (Monday).

The proposed national expenditure is

By Rio N. Araja

SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has reaffirmed the House of Representatives’ commitment to expeditiously approve the remaining nine of the 44 urgent measures identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).

“We have walked the talk on helping