On Friday, January 16, Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug speaks with former budget secretary Butch Abad to discuss the reforms that could help restore integrityOn Friday, January 16, Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug speaks with former budget secretary Butch Abad to discuss the reforms that could help restore integrity
World View with Marites Vitug: Fixing the PH budget process
Bookmark this page to catch the discussion on Friday, January 16, at 6 pm!
MANILA, Philippines – The flood control scandal that has dominated headlines over the past year has laid bare just how vulnerable the Philippine national budget is to corruption.
Various schemes and questionable practices have come to light, once again exposing weaknesses in the system.
On Friday, January 16, Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug speaks with former budget secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad on the reforms that should be implemented to restore integrity in the budget process.
Abad served as secretary of the Department of Budget and Management under President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 to 2016. He also represented Batanes as the lone district’s congressman.
Catch the interview on Friday, January 16. – Rappler.com
Watch more World View episodes:
- Putin’s push for power in Southeast Asia
- Defending Taiwan and the future of democracy
- DFA chief Lazaro on navigating ASEAN leadership
- Gibo Teodoro on China and the West Philippine Sea
- How PH-India ties shape business and culture
- Navigating PH-Taiwan relations
- What’s next for PH-China relations?
- How US-China tensions play out in Palawan, Cagayan
- Why the war in Ukraine matters to PH
- Future of Filipino immigration under Trump
- Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on diplomacy in a changing world
- Deepening Philippine-New Zealand ties
- Countering malign foreign interference in PH
- What Trump 2.0 means for China
- Who are the middle-class Filipinos?
- Ex-national security adviser Jose Almonte on how to win in West PH Sea
- Navigating PH-US ties, from Trump to Biden
- The future of PH-Japan security ties
- How can ASEAN stand up vs China?
- What a Trump victory would mean for Asia
- Assessing the Philippines, from Duterte to Marcos
- Dissecting Marcos’ foreign policy with Secretary Enrique Manalo
- The Philippines’ growing security cooperation under Marcos
- Putting focus on how China promotes its soft power
- Dissecting the victory of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party
- Protecting PH seas, fighting disinformation from China
- Canada’s security cooperation with the Philippines
- Forging PH-Australia strategic partnership
- Philippines’ new momentum in security alliances
- Ukraine’s war, recovery, and the path to peace
- Japan’s security strategy in Southeast Asia
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