QC govt OKs P27.8-B budget for 2020

MANILA, Philippines – Quezon City government has approved its more than P27 billion budget, allocating most of it to social services.

In a statement on Wednesday, Quezon City Council signed the 2020 budget which was a 23-percent increase from last year’s P21.5 billion to P27.8 billion.

Social services got the highest chunk with P12.3 billion, compared with last year’s P8.4 billion.

The local government placed P10.1 billion for general public services; P4.2 billion for economic services and P1.2 billion for the legislative branch.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the local government would not “burden” its residents and businesses with tax increases.

“We will simply intensify our tax collection efforts to fund our budget,” Belmonte said.