The public can now access an independent review of the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027 through the Senate’s budget portal. Volunteer technology group BetterGov.ph said on Nov. 3 that the Senate’s Budget Transparency Portal now directs readers to its budget website, where they can examine changes the House made to the original spending proposal. BetterGov conducted the review with the People’s Budget Coalition (PBC). BetterGov’s tracker compares project names, locations and amounts in the House-approved budget bill with those in the National Expenditure Program, the spending proposal the executive branch submitted to Congress. Readers can check the differences against…
