23h 25min, dec 22, 2016 y - P3.35-trillion ‘budget for change’ for 2017 signed

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The 2017 General Appropriations Act, 11.6-percent more than 2016 national budget, allots more funding for the administration's war on drugs through police and military modernization and salary increases, as well as for more infrastructure networks and the implementation of the K-12 program. The 2017 budget also allots P31.5 billion for the Mindanao Logistics Infrastructure Network, significantly higher than the current budget of P19.5 billion.

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