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SENATE APPROVES DOLE BUDGET: Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon (2nd from right) congratulates Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (2nd from left) after the Senate approved Tuesday, October 10, the proposed 2018 budget of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) amounting to P 10.841 billion. The proposed budget showed a decrease of 5.22 percent or P 596.7 million in next year’s budget as compared to the P 11.439 billion budget for 2017. Also in photo is Senator Sonny Angara (left). (PRIB Photo by Alex Nueva Espana/ OIC / 10 October 2017)