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2ls{" TUESDAY, JAI{UARY Z 2020

THE P4.l-tdllion qational bud- Mr. Duterte signed the 2019 The final version ofthe 2O2O Technical Education and Skills
get for 2020 missed its targeted spending plan on April 15 and Gaireral Appropriations Act al- Development Authority.
enactment date by a few days but vetoed some P95.3 billion in pro- located P580.8 billion to the De- The DPWH budget was
sustainthe govern-
is expected to visions which he found uncon- partment of Public Works and second-largest while the De-
ment's flagship infrastructure stitutional, which reduced it to Highways (DPWH),. which is a partment of Interior and Local
projects, the chairman of the P3.662 tJillion. P51.139 billion net increase from Government was given P239.8
Senate finance committee said "Ourexperience withthe 2OI9 a year earlier, billion; the Department of Na-
Monday. General Appropriations Act was "The idea is to complete as tional Defense Pl9t.7 billion;
President Rodrigo R. Duterte regrettable. The delays faced many projects as possible by the and the Department of Social
was due to sign the 2O2O spending in the approval of the measure time President Duterte ends his Welfare and Development
plan Monday afternoon. proved to be very costly for the term in 2022. For the more com-" P163.8 billion.
"lVe were off by a few days but people, who were expecting the plex projects, the plan is to get Other agencies with the high-
this should have no impact on t}le timely delivery of key services, the ball rolling so that the next est appropriations are: the De-
operation of the government," and on the economy, vrhich grew administration will just continue partment of Health, P101 billion;
Senator Juan Edgardo M. Angara at a slower pace," Mr. Angara these and complete them during Department of Transportation,
said in a statement. Malacaiang said, its term," he said. P99.3 billion; the Department
has said tlat the delay is to allow To prevent arepeatofthe bud- The biggest portion of the bud- of Agriculture, P62.2 billioq the
more scrutiny of the spending get delay, the House approved its get went to t}Ie education sector Judiciary branch, P40.1 billion
plan. version on Sept. 20; the Senate with P654.6 billion for the De- and the Department ofEnviron-
This is the second year the approved its spending bill on Nov. partment of Education, State Uni- ment and Natural Resources,
government has failed to sign the 27. The reconciled version of the versities and Coueges, the Com- P25.5 billion. - Charmaine A.
budget on time. budget was mtified on Dec. 11. mission on Higher Educatioq and Tadalan

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