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Ratification of ₱6.793-T budget set for Dec. 29
Manila Bulletin
|December 19, 2025
House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Mikaela Angela “Mika” Suansing and Senate Committee on Finance Chairperson Senator Sherwin Gatchalian jointly announced the timetable before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 18, just minutes after concluding the bicam hearings on the ₱6.793-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB).
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Although the House and Senate contingents managed to consolidate the disagreeing provisions of the 2026 GAB, harmonizing the numbers, language and the actual printing of the voluminous doc
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