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Published December 11, 2020, 1:41 PM Senate Committee on Finance chairman Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said Friday that apart from ensuring the budget for the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 will also fund several new laws that have far-reaching impacts on the lives of Filipinos. Sen. Sonny Angara (Joseph Vidal/ Senate PRIB) According to Angara, Congress made sure that recently enacted laws would be funded so as not to render them irrelevant, as some of these recent laws were enacted three years ago, over the past year, awa...

Angara-- New and unfunded laws will receive funding under the 2021 GAA Apart from ensuring the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Sonny Angara said today the P4.5 trillion national budget for 2021 also provides funding for several new laws that have far-reaching impacts on the lives of Filipinos. Angara, the chairman of the Committee on Finance that went over the budget measure, said the first priority for the 2021 national budget was clearly COVID response and Congress made sure there will be sufficient funding to cover for items such as the purchase of vaccines, testing...