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SUMMARY
In the last month of August President Rodrigo Rona Duterte proposed PhP4.100 trillion
national budget of the Philippine Government for Fiscal Year 2020. This is 11.8 percent
more than the 2019 Budget and will constitute 19.4 percent of the country’s Gross
The year 2020 marks the beginning of the second and final half of President Duterte
confidence and certainty, that our work, our journey is taking us surely and swiftly to
According to President Duterte, this journey into the second and final half of his
Administration will be fuelled by the 2020 National Budget. He added, it is the financial
program that will ensure that our nation stays the course and moves forward towards its
aspired-for destination.
The 2020 National Budget, he said,’ will aim to build on the fruits and gains of the previous
annual expenditure programs of the Administration, not only to ensure but to consolidate
the gains, for the bright future of the Philippines and its people’.
The journey to a more peaceful and progressive Philippines, a budget for Fiscal Year
2020, focus in strengthening the processes for peace and progress, guided by the
following principles. First is, Support for Our Growth Targets. Second, Adherence to Fiscal
Responsibility. Third, Effective Allocation for Infrastructure and Social Services. And
Progress. For me achieving lasting peace is very challenging, it has been a lifelong goal
of us, the Filipinos. Duterte said ‘ We need to put as much as effort into the journey to
peace as the journey to progress’. And for this, we are giving our full budget support to
the agencies in charge of protecting our safety and ensuring lasting peace’. I support his
budget for Information and Communications Technology (ICT), for me is a yes because
Government services improved due to the application of ICT. With the use of the right
Third, Keeping the Focus on Infrastructure as a Path to Progress and Peace. Two major
infrastructure agencies will receive hefty allocations these are, The Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH) and The Department of Transportation (DOTr). If this idea
will increase the productive capacity of the economy and reduce poverty then I will
Fourth, Moving ‘Forward and Up’ in Changing the Lives and Living Conditions of the
Filipino People. President Duterte allocating PhP1.525 trillion or 37.2 percent of the 2020
National Budget to social services. For me Ending poverty and achieving sustainable
development are aspirations long overdue in realization, but with this budget I hope that
Environment. Duterte said, ‘In this 2020 Budget, Php220.8 billion will be provided in
seventeen departments and other executive agencies for Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation (CCAM)’, and Php26.4 billion to the DENR’. With this budget given to them, I
hope they will make sure to effectively protect the environment and natural resources in
the Philippines.
The proposed Budget of PhP4.100 trillion, which is 11.8 percent more than the 2019
Budget and will constitute 19.4 percent of GDP. With this budget, I hope Philippines will
achieved its goals, not only to ensure but to consolidate the gains, for the bright future
The financial system should serve the real economy. The budget which is allocated for
the development of this country must spent efficiently. In this case, Government agencies
should make sure that the funds for government programs are well spent.
As a citizen in this country, I’m hoping that these government programs are helpful in