Budget to focus on communicating recovery from pandemic

The proposed PHP1.59 billion budget for the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) next year will center on communicating the nation’s recovery, Secretary Martin Andanar said on Tuesday.

During the agency’s budget hearing before the Senate Finance subcommittee led by Senator Richard Gordon, Andanar said the PCOO and its attached agencies will continue to deliver truth, as well as hope that better days are coming for the Philippines amid impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). READ MORE