DBM opens budget preparation hearings to civil society groups

MANILA, Philippines — For the first time in history, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has opened its technical budget hearings (TBH) of select government agencies to civil society organization observers as part of the preparation of the 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP), which will be the basis of the national budget law next year. The DBM opened the Technical Budget Hearings for the Department of Information and Communications Technology, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (both on May 7), the Department of Justice (May 11), the Department of Health (May 12), and the Department of the Interior […]...

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