Duterte signs 2017 record 3.35 trillion peso budget into law
It is 11.6% higher than 2016, allows more spending on roads, bridges, airports
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PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte signed 2017's record budget into law on Thursday, the first spending measure under his administration which he described as a response to the public's "clamour for change".
Mr Duterte, who won the presidential election in May by a huge margin on pledges of wiping out crime and illegal drugs, has vowed to prioritise infrastructure spending to help lift long-term economic growth and address poverty.
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