Philippines: To foster transparency, Palace requires procurement funds report submission

31 Jan 2018: In a bid to advance the administration’s campaign against corruption in government, Malacañang has directed all government agencies to submit their reports on funds transferred to the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) for “monitoring and evaluation” purposes. Under Memorandum Circular (MC) no. 39, all heads of procuring entity (HOPE) of national government agencies (NGAs), government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCCs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and local government units (LGUs), …