(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday signed the ₱5.024-trillion national budget for 2022.
This is the biggest budget in the country’s history. It aims to fund programs that will mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the allocations are for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines that will be used as booster shots, purchase of additional vaccines, and special risk allowance of health workers.
The top 10 agencies that will receive the biggest allocations for next year are: Department of Education, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Health , Department of National Defense, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, the Judiciary, and Department of Labor and Employment… Read More
