OUR second biggest frontpage news is about DBM Secretary Florencio Abad’s reply to former National Treasurer (who is a Manila Times columnist), Professor Leonor Magtolis Briones’ description of the 2015 budget as “an election budget.”

Expectedly, the DBM Secretary defended his and President Aquino’s proposed schedule of expenditures that will cost us taxpayers P2.606 trillion.

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