Pres. Abella Attends Senate Plenary Hearing on FY 2026 SUC Budgets
University President Dr. Evaristo A. Abella joined fellow State Universities and Colleges (SUC) leaders during the Senate plenary deliberation on the proposed FY 2026 SUC expenditure program held on November 24, 2025, at the GSIS Building, Pasay City. Prior to the plenary session, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chair Dr. Shirley C. Agrupis, together with Commissioners Ricmar Aquino, Myrna Mallari, and Michelle Ong, met with SUC presidents to discuss the Commission’s priority initiatives, including research and development (R&D) programs aimed at strengthening production in the agriculture and aquatic sectors. Chair Agrupis also announced that the free higher education accumulated deficiency to SUCs is now set to be given. In addition, the allocation details for higher education institutions nationwide were presented and clarified. After more than two hours of deliberation, the budget for higher education institutions was approved at almost 140 billion pesos. Of the total proposed budget, CLSU is set to receive 1.2 billion pesos for FY 2026, placing it third among SUCs outside the National Capital Region with the highest budget allocation, next to Mindanao State University and Mariano Marcos State University. Also in attendance during the Senate plenary hearing were Ms. Jinky Parugrug, Financial Management Services Director, Ms. Clarissa Valeriano, Budget Office Chief, and Assoc. Prof. Maria Adrielle Estigoy, Presidential Management Services (PMS) Director, Mr. Roberto Miguel Sayco, and Mr. Florence Dave Asuncion, from the Office of the President and PMS, respectively.
