MANILA - Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles on Thursday offered her condolences to the family of Mr. Mario Castro, an employee of the Information Communications Technology Office (ICTO), who died after falling from the 4th floor of the Mabini Hall inside the Malacanang Compound. "The Presidential Security Group and the PNP Security Force Unit are jointly investigating the unfortunate incident. We in the Office of the Press Secretary are sending our deepest condolences to Mr. Castro's family and loved ones," Angeles said. The PSG and PNP-SF are looking into the possibility that Mr. Castro deliberately jumped from the 4th floor of the Mabini Hall. Castro is an administrative aide of the ICTO, which is under the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Finance and Accounting (ODESFA). This developed as Angeles assured government employees, particularly those falling under Job Orders (JOs) and Contract of Service (COS) that the proposal for downsizing the government bure
MANILA - Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said Wednesday the department supports the thrust of the Marcos administration for a lean, efficient, and responsive government workforce. In an interview over DZBB, Pangandaman revealed that a proposal to rightsize the bureaucracy is being polished for submission to Congress before the delivery of the President's State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA). "Ang overarching objective nito (rightsizing) ay magkaroon ng maliit na burukrasya na agile at responsive sa makabagong panahon. Aayusin po ng programang ito 'yung mga ahensya na mayroong repetitive functions or overlapping functions (The overarching objective of this rightsizing is to have a small bureaucracy that is agile and responsive to this modern time. This program will fix the agencies that have repetitive functions or overlapping functions)," she said. Pangandaman said the proposal for rightsizing will determine which among the 187 gov
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