BUDGET SEASON STARTS THIS WEEK: Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Committee on Finance chair Senator Franklin M. Drilon attend a briefing by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on the 2013 National Expenditure Program (NEP). Today’s hearing was also attended by Secretary Butch Abad of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Secretary Cesar Purisima of the Department of Finance (DOF), and Director General Arsenio Balisacan of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/August 6, 2012)