MANILA, July 31—The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) emphasized on Thursday that various transfers of appropriation under the 2014 budget were legitimate and open to public scrutiny, after Kabataan Partylist Representative Terry Ridon alleged that P323.6 billion in funds were improperly realigned in 2014. The DBM likewise clarified that fund realignments and transfers of appropriation are different, where realignments involve the reallocation, modification, or change of details within an existing program, activity, or project. […]