MANILA - Senator JV Ejercito welcomed on Thursday the PHP113.99-billion budget proposed by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for the railway project of the Marcos administration. Ejercito said he noticed that the proposed budget was five times bigger than the PHP23 billion this year. "I am happy that we are in full blast with this. I hope DOTr will be able to step up para matapos niya talaga to (so it can really finish this up)," he said during the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) briefing with the Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Senator Sonny Angara. Department of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno told Ejercito that there is actually more than PHP300 billion in the General Appropriations for the railway project. "As soon as they [DOTr] can implement, we will provide the money," Diokno said. He recalled that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public in his State of the Nation Address that the administration i
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