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CA CONFIRMS AVISADO AS BUDGET SECRETARY – ZUBIRI

The Commission on Appointments (CA) has confirmed the appointment of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Wendel Avisado. Avisado has been Acting Secretary of the agency since August 2019. The Budget chief was confirmed during the CA’s recent plenary session which was presided over by its chairman Senate President Vicente Sotto III. Senate Majority […]

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TISOY-HIT POWER COOPS NEED P1-B IN ASSISTANCE — NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is asking for financial assistance that will be used to aid electric cooperatives (ECs) that were affected by Typhoon Tisoy (international name Kammuri) as damage to their distribution facilities has almost reached P1 billion. In a letter addressed to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong appealed […]

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‘WIN-WIN’ SOLUTION STILL POSSIBLE IN BUDGET IMPASSE – NOGRALES

Despite pronouncements by government economic managers that they would continue to push for the adoption of cash-based budgeting, House Appropriations Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Wednesday remained hopeful that a “win-win” outcome was still possible in the ongoing impasse over the 2019 budget.  In an interview on ANC’s Headstart, the legislator from Davao reiterated […]