2.14.2011

Press Conference with DBM Sec. Florencio “Butch” Abad; Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr.; & DBM-Caraga Regional Director Joecel Obenza

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Sec. Florencio “Butch” Abad emphasizes that jobs generation is also one of the priority programs of the Aquino administration as part of Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III’s social contract particularly on rapid, equitable, and inclusive growth, held recently during a press conference in one of the local convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)

From left to right: Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr.; Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Sec. Florencio “Butch” Abad; and DBM-Caraga Regional Director Joecel Obenza serve as panelists during a press conference held recently in one of the local convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)

Members of the local tri-media in Butuan City and some media from Surigao del Norte are shown here asking questions to the panelists: Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr.; Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Sec. Florencio “Butch”Abad; and DBM-Caraga Regional Director Joecel Obenza, during a press conference held recently in one of the local convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)

Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. bares that the city government has its own independent investigating body along with the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in finding out the main cause of fire that razes the old city hall building recently. (PIA-Caraga)