NEWS UPDATE: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday, Dec. 19, that he would sign the P6.352 trillion national budget for 2025 before yearend. President Marcos remarked that it is up to the executive branch to decide on the next steps. “There is no procedure to return it [national budget] to the bicam. It’s finished already in the House, it’s finished already in the Congress. So it’s up to us now to look at the items and to see what are appropriate, what are relevant, and what are the pr