Infrastructure
JV Ejercito: Projects lacking required documents to be removed from national budget
Senator JV Ejercito stated that infrastructure projects in the proposed national budget lacking necessary documents will be removed. He emphasized that projects without a Program of Works or Certificate of Implementability will not be allowed, a move seen as addressing concerns over alleged opaque budget insertions.
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