00:00The palace supported the call to make bicameral budget deliberations public to promote transparency and government.
00:06The 2026 proposed national budget is set at $6.793 trillion.
00:11This is a 7.4% increase from this year.
00:15The National Expenditure Program, or NEP, is expected to be submitted to Congress
00:19two weeks after President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr.'s sauna on July 28th.
00:25According to the palace, the president's priority remains to improve Filipinos' lives through better services.