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DISCUSSING THE DOST’S 2017 BUDGET: Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, chair of the Senate Finance Subcommittee C, presides over a Senate hearing looking into the proposed 2017 budget of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its attached agencies Wednesday, October 5, 2016. The DOST’s proposed budget for next year is P20.8 billion, 14.2 percent higher than the agency’s current budget of P17.9-billion. (PRIB Photo by Romeo Bugante / 05 October 2016)