Manila, Sept. 24 -- The House of Representatives under the new leadership of Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III finished on Wednesday dawn the opening session for the deliberations on the proposed House BIll 4058, which provides for a PHP6.793-trillion national budget for fiscal year 2026.

The opening session that started Tuesday afternoon lasted until 2 a.m. Wednesday after the House finished the plenary debates on the proposed budgets of Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) members- Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

In her sponsorship of HB 4058, Committee on Appropriations chair and Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing ...