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                    [Title] => House, Senate ratify 2021 national budget
                    [Summary] => (Updated) Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the approval of the 2021 national budget "reflects the serious commitment of the Duterte government to defeat COVID-19 and bring the economy back on track."
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                    [Title] => Advocates laud ‘inclusive’ provisions in 2021 budget, but still a long way to go for PWDs
                    [Summary] => “Unlike everyone else, social minorities like persons with disabilities have severely diminished opportunities for education, employment. healthcare, and political participation because of their disability, poverty, race, color, gender, and inaccessible environments,” the NGO’s statement read. 
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                    [Title] => House seeks augmented 2021 calamity fund in Ulysses' aftermath
                    [Summary] => “Given the tremendous damage caused by these successive strong typhoons, it is imperative that we augment the calamity fund in next year’s spending plan. We have to help our people rebuild their lives and their communities,” Velasco said.

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                    [Title] => Lacson: Realign P68 billion 'skeleton' infra projects to nat'l broadband, evacuation centers
                    [Summary] => Instead of funding these so-called skeleton projects, Lacson suggested that the government instead redirect funds to more deserving budget items such as the National Broadband Program, evacuation centers and quarantine facilities. 
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                    [Title] => Hontiveros flags P2.04-B cut in 2021 budget for public hospitals
                    [Summary] => "Billions worth of cuts in the middle of a pandemic means we drastically slashed the capacity of government hospitals to provide services and medicines for free. Because of this, people's out-of-pocket expenses will rise. This is grossly anti-poor and anti-people," Sen. Risa Hontiveros said partially in Filipino. 
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                    [Title] => Senators flag lack of housing assistance offered to residents in Taal danger zone
                    [Summary] => The National Housing Authority told a Senate panel that it has yet to receive funds for response to the disaster — over nine months since the volcano island was covered in ash. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-10-21 13:14:00
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                    [Title] => COA urged to review DND's cybersecurity funds
                    [Summary] => "Hindi talaga maliwanag kung saan napupunta ang cybersecurity fund. Hindi maliwanag kung saan nga ba ginagamit ang kaban ng bayan. I flagged this amount because we want specifics. We want to make sure DND is spending the P500M wisely," Hontiveros said.
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                    [Title] => House version of 2021 budget ready for Senate submission
                    [Summary] => "We don't want a reenactment of the 2018 budget. There is a huge penalty for that, and we need to fight the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic," a lawmaker said. 
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                    [Title] => Speaker: No pork in 2021 budget
                    [Summary] => The P4.5-trillion national budget passed by the House of Representatives Friday night is free of “pork,” Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-10-18 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Think tank urges transparency in budget spending
                    [Summary] => As deliberations on the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget are on their final stages, a Makati-based think tank has urged government to make spending transparent to the people, especially at a time when huge budget allocations are needed to be responsive to the health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021 national budget
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                    [Title] => Lacson: Realign P68 billion 'skeleton' infra projects to nat'l broadband, evacuation centers
                    [Summary] => Instead of funding these so-called skeleton projects, Lacson suggested that the government instead redirect funds to more deserving budget items such as the National Broadband Program, evacuation centers and quarantine facilities. 
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                    [Title] => Hontiveros flags P2.04-B cut in 2021 budget for public hospitals
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                    [Title] => Senators flag lack of housing assistance offered to residents in Taal danger zone
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                    [Title] => Speaker: No pork in 2021 budget
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                    [Title] => Think tank urges transparency in budget spending
                    [Summary] => As deliberations on the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget are on their final stages, a Makati-based think tank has urged government to make spending transparent to the people, especially at a time when huge budget allocations are needed to be responsive to the health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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