2027 budget: Senators seek increase in judiciary spending

MANILA, Philippines — Senators expressed support for increasing the judiciary’s proposed 2027 budget to P86.271 billion, emphasizing the importance of an efficient justice system in restoring the people’s trust in the government. Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian opposed the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) recommendation to cut the Sandiganbayan’s proposed budget. “It proposed to even