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August 22, 2017

DISCUSSING THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Committee on Finance, listens to officials of the Office of the President led by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as they present the proposed 2018 budget of the Office of the President during a Senate budget hearing, Tuesday, August 22, 2017. The P3.767 trillion proposed budget was presented by Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and approved by President Duterte during the 16th Cabinet meeting on July 3. Representing 21.6 percent of the projected gross domestic product (GDP) for 2018, the proposed budget is a 12.4 percent increase from the 2017 budget of P3.35 trillion. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo)

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