The Flag Raising Ceremony on April 6, 2026, was hosted by the Provincial Budget Office (PBO), led by Acting Provincial Budget Officer Kristine Hernandez. The PBO detailed their achievements for 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.
As secretariat for the Local Finance Committee working closely with the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the PBO announced that as of March 31, three appropriation ordinances for the benefit of provincial government employees were passed by the SP and approved by the Governor: Appropriation Ordinance No. 2026-653, for the augmentation of additional fund for loyalty pay, from 600 to 1000, with an aggregate amount of 256 pesos; Appropriation Ordinance No. 2026-654, for the funding of casual positions of employees affected by Executive Order No. 3; and Appropriation Ordinance No. 2026-655, for the funding of various requests of terminal leave benefits, medical allowance, and salaries not obligated in 2025, and funding for overtime pay.
At the municipal level, the PBO rendered technical assistance through enacting preliminary reviews of 14 municipal annual budgets for 2026. With the Provincial Planning and Development Office, they also conducted a three-day investment budgeting and planning workshop with the municipality of Solano from February 25 to 27, 2026. The PBO is also responsible for reviewing and endorsing municipal ordinances from the local finance committee to the SP.
Within the provincial government, the office had prepared 134 allotment release orders, 73 obligation request certifications as to the availability of funds, and certificates of availability of funds for the employment of 73 permanent employees, 164 casual employees, 263 contract of service employees, and 73 contract of office employees. The PBO also reviewed and evaluated 18 technical specifications, 38 detailed financial and physical performance targets, 21 project procurement management plans.
The PBO relayed through its report that it is in keeping with its mandate of ‘ensuring compliance with requirements and limitations’ as written in the local government code, as well as ‘promoting efficient and responsive financial management’. /igmb
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