Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate Finance Subcommittee E, discusses the proposed budgets of the Southern Philippines Development Authority, the Mindanao Development Authority, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office during a budget hearing, Monday, September 18, 2017. (Photo by Cesar Tomambo)