MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday told the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to ensure that the education sector receives the largest share of the 2026 national budget, after allegedly taking a smaller allocation than another agency in 2025. Lacson made the pronouncement during the Senate development budget coordination committee’s briefing on the proposed 2026 national budget. During the hearing, the senator questioned the DBM for claiming that the education sector received the highest allocation in the 2025 national budget, even though the four education agencies were only actually allotted P865 billion—much less than the P1 trillion […]... Keep on reading: Lacson to DBM: You 'justified miracle in Congress' that cut DepEd budget