We wish to clarify the Travelling Expenses of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the full year 2023, particularly for the Office of the Secretary.
- As laid-out in Republic Act 11936, or the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023, the total travel budget (line item Travelling Expenses) under the Office of the Secretary is 107-Billion1. This amount covers all local and foreign travel of the following offices under the DENR:
- DENR Central Office
- Office of the Secretary
- Office of the nine (9) Undersecretaries
- Office of the seven (7) Assistant Secretaries
- Office of ten (10) Service Directors and 33 Divisions
- Special Projects and other offices
- Staff Bureaus
- Biodiversity Management Bureau
- Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau
- Forest Management Bureau
- Land Management Bureau
- Regional Offices (16 in total)
- Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENRO) (76 in total)
- Community Environment and Natural Resource Offices (CENRO) (146 in total)
- DENR Central Office
- As of November 23, 2023, the total travel expenditure of the DENR Central Office is PHP45.169-Million, of which 048-Million pertains to expenses for official missions of the Secretary. This is 0.002% of the total travel budget as per the approved General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
We have submitted via official correspondence to the Honorable Senator Rafael T. Tulfo the details of the Secretary’s travel expenses.
Thank you
Reference: Atty Analiza Rebuelta – Teh
Undersecretary for Finance, Information Systems, and Climate Change
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1 Official Gazette, Volume 1-A. General Appropriations Act (GAA) FY 2023. https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp- content/uploads/GAA/GAA2023/VolumeI/DENR/DENR.pdf
