Budget deliberations of 2019 National Budget

NATIONAL BUDGET DELIBERATION. Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, defends the 2019 National Budget  during the Plenary Budget Deliberation with Economics managers NEDA Secretary Ernesto Pernia, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, and Finance Secretary Carlos "Sonny" Dominguez; and (inset) Senator Panfilo Lacson, vice chairperson of the Finance Committee.  (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)