THE Finance department has proposed a lower budget for next year, with Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd saying it wants “to set an example for other departments to operate efficiently.”

The department “voluntarily submitted a lower allocation” of P18.7 billion, he said, down from the P19.31 billion approved for this year.

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