MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Committee on Appropriations at the House of Representatives gave the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) more time to review its proposed 2026 DPWH budget.

At the resumption Wednesday of the committee's deliberations on the 2026 national budget, its chairman, Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing, read a letter from the DPWH that was asking for an extension.

Baguio Rep. Mauricio Domogan and Aurora Rep. Rommel Rico Angara then separately made motions for the extension. The motions, seconded, were carried by the committee.

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"Considering the volume of items and documents requiring review, together with other matters that must likewise be addressed by the Department, it is respectfully requested that the deadline for the submission of the revised budget programs be extended to 15 September 2025 (Monday)," DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said in a Sept. 9 letter to the House.

House gives DPWH more time to review proposed budget

"This extension will allow us to exercise greater diligence and prudence in reviewing the National Expenditure Program," he said.

The House committee deferred discussion on the proposed DPWH budget, "pending the submission of its revised budget programs", Dizon said.

The deadline was originally Sept. 12, 2025.