The Senate is scheduled to hold its marathon plenary session in the afternoon of Thursday up until 12 midnight to meet the target passage date of the proposed P3.8-trillion 2018 national budget, Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III said. “They (senators) are willing to end up even until 12 midnight,” Sotto said. ADVERTISEMENTSotto said the senators had set the passage of the national budget on Dec. 15. The majority leader said the budget amendments would then be taken up on Nov. 20 to 21, or 23 at the most. The proposed 2018 General Appropriations Act is up 12.4 percent from this year’s budget of P3.35 trillion.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 16, 2017 08:15 UTC