BEYOND BUDGET (Part IV) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In most countries, budgeting focuses on developing an annual plan for income and expenses. However, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s administration believes that budget choices have long-term consequences. Actions...
BEYOND BUDGET (Part 3) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last week, I expounded on four different areas where the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will pour the people’s money next year to achieve our agenda for prosperity, and secure a future-ready and...
BEYOND BUDGET (Part 2) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last week, I discussed the basis and dimensions of the optimized 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP), which we submitted to Congress for deliberations and approval. As I have said, our national budget will lay the...
BEYOND BUDGET (Part 1) Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Aug. 2, on behalf of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., I had the honor and privilege of submitting the FY 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to Congress for review, consideration, and approval. We made the...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and wondered what it would be like out there in space? I have. When I was a child, I would hear stories of terrestrial beings and unidentified flying objects. Such was the romanticized notion...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Today, Aug. 9, 2023, we join our indigenous brothers and sisters in marking two significant occasions: the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the National Indigenous Peoples Day. With the theme, “Indigenous youth...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Schools teach us the importance of understanding the five Ms of Management of an enterprise or organization — money, machine, material, method, and manpower. Of these five, I believe that manpower is the most vital resource of all. For...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* Last Monday, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. delivered his second State of the Nation Address, reflecting on his administration’s first year in office which focused on socioeconomic transformation, laying the groundwork for a...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* Time flies, indeed. For us, in the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., it has flown rather swiftly. In 2022, the President unveiled his eight-point socioeconomic agenda, the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028, and...
BEYOND BUDGET * * *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* I always get a sense of nostalgia whenever I visit the charming coastal town of Baler in the province of Aurora. Fond memories fill my mind, especially when with the people who have shaped my life and work now. Many people think of...
BEYOND BUDGET Eid Mubarak! June is certainly a fulfilling month. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. signed two measures that I had been fervently hoping would be passed. On June 1, President BBM signed Executive Order No. 29, which directs the full adoption of the Integrated Financial Management...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* It’s been said that the best way to create the future is to build it now. The agenda for prosperity is a sturdy benchmark of how we’re visualizing our future and working towards economic transformation with inclusivity and...
