BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Today is the start of the New Year. As we bid goodbye to the old and welcome the new, we reflect on the year that was and hope for a better, brighter 2025. 2024: A year of grace and triumphs For us in the Department...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I believe that the true essence of the holiday season is the shared love, joy, and hope it brings. It is in the spirit of generosity, acknowledgment, kindness, and gratitude, that we show our appreciation by giving gifts to the people...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Of all the resources available in an organization, I believe manpower is the most important. In the government, where timely, quality, and relevant services are crucial, grand plans and programs often fail without committed,...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. As a public servant with more than 20 years of service, one of my visions is for our government to operate in a more transparent, open, inclusive, sustainable, and efficient manner. Thus, when I assumed office as the Department of...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. While in Singapore for the FinTech Festival last Nov. 7, I was honored to pay a courtesy call to Singapore’s minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Honorable Grace Fu Hai Yien, where I expressed gratitude for Singapore’s...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has approved guidelines for the pilot implementation of the government’s e-marketplace, aimed at efficient purchasing at the digital platform. Pangandaman, who also chairs the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB),...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Nov. 7, I had the honor to speak on our country’s key investment imperatives in one of the event tracks of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), the premier platform for the global FinTech community to engage, connect,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for an immediate replenishment of its quick response fund (QRF) to ensure uninterrupted disaster response amid the series of cyclones that have affected the country. In a media forum...
BEYOND BUDGET (Part I) Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I am immensely proud of our country for successfully hosting the first-ever ministerial-level International Conference on Women, Peace, and Security (ICWPS) last week, from Oct. 28 to 30, 2024. With 80 United Nations (UN)...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I had the honor of participating in the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR), which our country hosted for the first time in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I had the honor of participating in the second International Conference on Communities of Success (ICCOS) held in Singapore last Oct. 4 to 15, upon the kind invitation of Singapore Minister for Social and Family Development and...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Last Sept. 30, I had the profound honor of receiving the Gawad Kapayapaan (GaKap) Award, in a ceremony held to culminate this year’s National Peace Consciousness Month celebration themed “Bagong Pilipinas – Transforming...
