00:00 The discussion of the Camera about the 2024 budget proposal of the Presidential Communications Office has become full.
00:08 Today, the officials of PCO and Caldreña brought this to the Camera.
00:15 Let's find out the other events in the plenary debates.
00:18 Mela Lasboras is live.
00:21 [News Reporter]
00:42 It was around 5 p.m. when the 2024 budget proposal of the Presidential Communications Office started to join the plenary debates of the Camera.
00:53 The agency's budget sponsor is the House Appropriations Committee's senior vice chair Stella Kimbo.
01:00 The main topic of the discussion is the media and information literacy campaign of the agency,
01:05 where the opposition to the identity of House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro expressed support for the project.
01:13 Castro said that this initiative of PCO is good because it will help our countrymen to avoid fake news.
01:21 In the middle of the discussion, the number of undersecretaries and assistant secretaries of PCO was also raised.
01:28 Congresswoman Kimbo said that compared to the previous administration,
01:33 the number of undersecretaries and assistant secretaries is smaller now and each of them is worth their salary
01:38 because of their good service and their responsibility.
01:43 After some questions, the congressmen also immediately finished the discussion on the PCO budget.
01:50 In a statement earlier, PCO Secretary Sherry Garafil thanked the congressmen for their warm support to their agency.
01:59 The congressmen also said that even though the opposition supports their initiatives like the media literacy campaign.
02:06 Earlier in our interview with PCO Secretary Garafil,
02:10 she was also asked by our other media colleagues what she can say about the recent statement of PTV General Manager Ana Poo Od
02:19 that the goal is to make PTV the number two in the country.
02:22 Secretary Garafil said that the goal is not only to make PTV the number two but also the number one
02:29 so that it can spread more news and information to our countrymen.
02:35 Aljo.
02:37 Thank you very much, Mel La Lesboras.
02:39 borders.
