DOTC BUDGET DELIBERATION: Sen. Chiz Escudero, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, questions officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on the agency’s proposed budget for the year 2015 during a public hearing Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya earlier said DOTC is set to spend P40 billion for transport infrastructure projects next year to attract more tourists and alleviate mass transport problems. (PRIB photo by Romeo Bugante/23 September 2014).