DEVELOPMENT BUDGET COORDINATION COMMITTEE BRIEFING: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon speaks before the start of a briefing by the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) which was held in the Senate Tuesday, August 27. Among those expected to be scrutinized once budget deliberation starts are the government’s budget for the construction of 66,000 classrooms by the Department of Education (DepEd); the P20 billion sin tax allocated to the Department of Health (DOH); and the P63 billion CCT program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Also in photo are Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, together with Senators Nancy Binay and Bam Aquino. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal)