Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo launched an online platform on Friday, June 19, that lets residents track how the city government spends public funds in real time through the end of her term in 2028.
The platform, called the People’s Budget Portal, allows ordinary citizens to examine where city funds go and how they are spent. It also gives city departments and the Naga City People’s Council a single channel for submitting their programs, projects, and activities in a format that meets Department of Budget and Management requirements.
Robredo said the system was built for other local governments to copy. “All codes, data schemes, and documentation will be publicly available. So that any LGU in this country can adapt, adopt, and build on what Naga has built,” she said.
The portal is released as free and open-source software under an AGPL v3 license, which lets other local governments and people’s councils copy and adapt it for their own budgeting work.
The launch follows a series of transparency measures Robredo has rolled out since taking office in June 2025 as Naga’s first female mayor. She issued a zero-tolerance policy against corruption, moved to scrap confidential funds from the city budget, and launched the MyNaga App, which opened up financial reports, executive orders, and local legislation to residents online.
The budget portal carries the tagline “Buwis natin. Boto natin. Budget natin”, tying the platform’s purpose to the idea that the funds under review come from public taxes.
The portal is live at budget.naga.gov.ph.
