Tag: Department of Budget and Management (DBM)

Jinggoy pitches for mental health offices in SUCs

IN the wake the rising incidence of Filipino students struggling with mental health issues, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pitched proposed the establishment of mental health offices (MHOs) in the campuses of all state universities and colleges (SUCs). “There have been a lot of studies that have come out on the worsening mental shape of our…
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DepEd okayed laptop purchase for fear P2.4B will revert to Treasury

(MALAYA) A Department of Education official yesterday said the agency finalized the laptop contract with the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management even without a final Memorandum of Agreement for fear that the P2.4 billion allocated funds will revert to the National Treasury if not used on time. DepEd Undersecretary for Finance…
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More Cabinet officials, diplomats secure CA confirmation

(PNA) MANILA – The ad interim appointments of Secretaries Amenah Pangandaman of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and Enrique Manalo of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were officially approved on Wednesday by the Commission on Appointments (CA). As the chair of the CA’s Committee on Budget and Management, Senator Grace Poe said the committee…
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