SEN. CHIZ AT KAPIHAN SA SENADO: Senator Chiz Escudero , chair of the Committee on Finance, says the P2.606-trillion national budget for 2015 is compliant to the Supreme Court’s decision on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). “This is an improved version of the 2014 budget law,” Escudero told reporters at the Kapihan sa Senado Thursday, November 27, 2014. (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/27 November 2014).