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Committee hearing: Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that accelerated spending and implementation of government programs are needed to achieve its growth target for 2019, which was affected by the delay in the approval of the 2019 budget, among other factors. Legarda made the statement during the hearing on the status of implementation of the 2018 budget and the effect of the four-month re-enacted budget on the 2019 projected economic growth.