Duterte to sign 2022 national budget on Thursday

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MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sign into law on Thursday the final national budget under his administration, a measure that is crucial in implementing the government's pandemic response and economic recovery measures.

"Tomorrow (Dec. 30), President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is scheduled to sign the 2022 General Appropriations Law... As promised, the president will sign this very important measure before December 31 as I stated yesterday," Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, acting presidential spokesman, said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

The proposed ?5.024-trillion national budget for next year was originally scheduled to be signed into law on December 28. The signing ceremony was postponed because the spending bill had to undergo a "review process," Nograles said Tuesday.

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