GOCC body’s 2025 budget approved by Senate: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is joined by Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino and Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III for a group photo with officials from the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) during Thursday’s plenary budget deliberations, November 14, 2024. Estrada presented for the Senate’s approval the GCG’s P241.8 million budget for next year, the same amount proposed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) under the National Expenditure Program (NEP) and by the House of Representatives under the General Appropriations Bill (GAB). (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada)