Marcos institutionalizes DBM’s Compass for transparent gov’t spending

Inquirer.net - Sep 30, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) may use blockchain and other emerging technologies to strengthen the government’s online system for monitoring public spending, even as a proposed measure seeking to expand citizen access to government expenditure data remains pending in Congress. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. institutionalized the Centralized Open Monitoring Platform for

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