Two weeks of debate on the 2011 National Budget and consideration of estimates in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly concluded yesterday with the House passing the Appropriation Bill 2010, giving the go-ahead for public spending this year.
The bill covers a gross sum of $146,879,654,000 ($146.8 billion), which will be taken from the Consolidated Fund for local expenditure for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011,
