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By Ric V. Obedencio
The Bohol Chronicle
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The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the proposed 2008 annual budget worth PhP886,663,537 during the session Monday, Vice-Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera said.

Herrera took the floor and gave to senior board member Cesar Tomas Lopez to preside and render the report of the appropriations committee he chaired. He said the budget was approved during the second reading after the budget hearings to make adjustments, without cuts, as proposed by the governor's office.

Gov. Erico Aumentado, in his message, said that the annual budget is aimed at providing people access to all basic needs and services.

He also pointed out that the provincial government also tries to improve the organizational and human resource capabilities and the investment and environment climate and increase agricultural productivity.