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To the Regional Association of Local Budget Officers (RALBO) 12 headed by President Nelson Merculio; my colleagues from the DBM who are also joining us in today’s event, Undersecretary for Local Government and Regional Operations Wilford Will L. Wong, Regional XII Director Akmad Usman, and Assistant Director Libertine Cagang-Guanzon who made it on time, and employees from the DBM Regional Office 12; our local budget officers and public financial management practitioners; and our participants, magandang araw po.
Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
First, I would like to thank RALBO 12 for inviting me to serve as your keynote speaker this morning. As a proud daughter of Mindanao, I am always happy to be back home and see my fellow Mindanaoans immersed in activities that enable them to learn more and better themselves in the service of the Filipino people.
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Minister Mohagher Iqbal, members of the Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB), ladies and gentlemen, good day.
Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
We are now on our 14th Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB) Meeting and I would like to congratulate everyone for our accomplishments in the past months that will ensure the delivery of quality public service to our citizens in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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Good afternoon to my fellow public servants, open government advocates, reformers, and stakeholders, most especially to the graduates of the POGCHAMPS or the Philippine Open Government Youth Champions present today.
Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
Allow me to thank the La Salle Institute of Governance or the LSIG led by Dr. Ador Torneo, the National Democratic Institute, the Galing Pook Foundation, and the National Youth Commission for the privilege to speak here today as you culminate and celebrate the success of your capacity development activity.
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