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Former DBM undersecretary Tina Canda passes away

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Tina Rosa Marie Canda presents the agency’s special purpose funds for next year during the Committee on Finance-Subcommittee A deliberation on its proposed P1.8 billion 2023 budget, on October 6, 2022. Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate PRIB" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/06/department-of-budget-and-management-(dbm)-undersecretary-tina-rosa-marie-canda.jpg"/><figcaption>Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Tina Rosa Marie Canda presents the agency’s special purpose funds for next year during the Committee on Finance-Subcommittee A deliberation on its proposed P1.8 billion 2023 budget, on October 6, 2022. Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate PRIB</figcaption></figure></div> MANILA — Former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Tina Canda has passed away, the agency announced Thursday.The DBM said in a news release that Canda died Wednesday night, August 23. Despite having been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, the DBM said Canda still attended work and Congress hearings in 2022.&quot;For an unbelievable 40 years of public service, Usec. Tina gave it all in pouring out four decades of passion for service, hard work, and loyalty to DBM,&quot; the agency said.It added that Canda would leave a &quot;tremendous legacy of policies, best practices, and a solid work ethic in the DBM.&quot;At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canda was DBM&#x27;s officer-in-charge and led the agency forward throughout the peak of the crisis, said DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Canda started her career at the agency as a budget analyst after graduating cum laude from the University of Sto. Tomas in 1986. She rose from assistant division chief to division chief, Director, assistant secretary, and undersecretary. &quot;Throughout her stay, she efficiently managed numerous bureaus, serving as the Department&#x27;s go-to person for questions on budget policies and procedures, particularly as they relate to the budget planning, execution, and accountability stages of the budget cycle,&quot; the DBM said.

Former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Tina Canda has passed away, the agency announced.