MANILA, July 18 – Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno in his first sit-down press conference today told the media the department’s preparations for the 2017 budget under President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s administration. Secretary Diokno, a two-time budget secretary, said that the budgets for 2017 until 2022 will support the president’s promise to improve the country’s infrastructure, invest in human resources, modernize agriculture and rural development, and develop lagging regions. For Fiscal […]