Bicam deliberations on 2026 funds — Day 2

Bookmark this web page to look at Rappler’s livestream of the second day of bicam deliberations at 3 pm

MANILA, Philippines – The Home of Representatives and the Senate will proceed to reconcile disagreeing provisions of the 2026 nationwide funds on the second day of bicameral convention committee (bicam) conferences on Sunday, December 14.

After reconciling the budgets of the agriculture, schooling, and well being sectors on their first day, the bicam is anticipated to sort out funding for the Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and unprogrammed appropriations on the second day.

DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon earlier appealed to the Senate for elevated funding, saying that the higher chamber’s model of the funds solely mirrored estimates for building materials prices.

“The movement for reconsideration is made to make sure that the detailed strategy of making use of the brand new CMPD (Building Supplies Worth Knowledge) can be adopted to keep away from inaccurate costing and potential challenge unimplementability which can result in underspending and associated authorized and administrative points,” the DPWH wrote in a press release.

Bookmark this web page to look at Rappler’s livestream of the second day of bicam deliberations at 3 pm. – Rappler.com