Manila, Sept. 13 -- The PHP1.698-billion budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) for 2020 will boost the quality of its information dissemination services, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday terminated the plenary debates for the PCOO's PHP1.698-billion budget for 2020, which is about 12 percent higher than this year's PHP1.4 billion.

"With the budget that was given to the PCOO, we expect that all agencies of the PCOO will again level up. We will improve the quality of our reporting in PTV, also in Radyo Pilipinas, as well as in the Philippine News Agency--including the News and Information Bureau, Bureau of Communications Services, and other branches of the P...