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Bicameral hearings for budget start today
Manila Bulletin
|December 13, 2025
The Bicameral Conference Committee hearings on the P6.793-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the national budget for 2026 start today, Dec. 13, with contingents from the House of Representatives and Senate convening to harmonize the differing provisions of their respective versions.
"Both Houses have mutually decided to start the bicam on Saturday to allow time for the technical staff to prepare," House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika" Suansing said on Thursday, Dec. 11. "Intensive preparations are required given that this is the first time that the bicam will be livestreamed and we would need a matrix of disagreeing provisions for the deliberations." Suansing is p
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