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Hearing on Nat'l Economic and Development Act of 2018: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, fields questions to officials from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) during the committee hearing on the National Economic and Development Act of 2018, Tuesday, August 28, 2018. The bill proposes the institutionalization of NEDA as the lead economic and planning agency of the Philippine government, which would "implement long-term and integrated programs and policies for national development." (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo/ 28 August 2018)