Incoming Department of Budget and Management SecretaryAmenah Pangandaman (File photo) MANILA - Senators Ramon Revilla Jr. and Sonny Angara believe that President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. saw Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Assistant Governor Amenah Pangandaman's vast experience and expertise in the field in choosing her to lead the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Revilla said Pangandaman is the "best pick" that will bring "a breath of fresh air" to the DBM leadership where she previously served. "Ms. Pangandaman has great expertise in the field, having a unique experience and perspective of one who has worked on both the legislative and executive aspects of the country's finances," he said in a statement on Tuesday. From 2016 to 2019, Pangandaman was DBM undersecretary and Group Head of the Office of Secretary under then Budget Secretary and now incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Revilla also supported M
NEXT DILG CHIEF. Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. (front left, in red) joins the proclamation of his father, Benjamin Sr., as Mandaluyong mayor at the city hall on Tuesday night (May 10, 2022). Abalos Jr., the former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair who resigned to serve as national campaign manager of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will most likely head the Department of the Interior and Local Government, according to Marcos' spokesperson Vic Rodriguez. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA - Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. is set to become the next secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, according to the camp of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Abalos resigned from his MMDA post to become Marcos' national campaign manager. "I would like to announce that Chairman Benhur Abalos has been nominated to lead the Department of t
Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. is set to become the next secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, according to the camp of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Abalos resigned from his MMDA post to become Marcos’ national campaign manager.…