
Puno: 2026 NEP contains projects already finished; probe needed
MANILA, Philippines — Several items in the 2026 National Expenditures Program (NEP) or the proposed national budget submitted by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) contained allocations for projects that have been finished already, Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno said. Puno, in a briefing on Friday, said that after receiving the NEP, he was told by Marikina 1st District Rep. Marcelino Teodoro during one of the hearings that he would return the budget to DBM because completed projects contained funding. According to Puno, this prompted him to check the allocations for his district — Antipolo’s first district — and he found […]... Keep on reading: Puno: 2026 NEP contains projects already finished; probe needed