DBCC BRIEFING: Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto questions Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Butch Abad during a briefing conducted by the Development Budget Coordinating Council (DBCC), Tuesday, August 19, 2014. The Senate is set to start deliberations on the proposed P2.6 trillion national budget for 2015 which, according to the DBM, is 15.1 percent higher than this year’s P2.265 trillion budget. Also in photo are Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Teofisto “TG” Guingona III, and Senate Finance Committee chair, Sen. Chiz Escudero. (PRIB Photo by Alex Nuevaespaña/19 August 2014)