The national government’s fiscal disbursement pace cooled in the first five months of the year as sluggish budget rollouts in the agriculture and education sectors countered an otherwise aggressive catch-up in infrastructure spending. According to data from the Department of Budget and Management...
The national government will increase its tax allocations to local government units (LGUs) by nearly 11 percent to a record ₱1.32 trillion for fiscal year (FY) 2027, ramping up state spending to insulate regional economies from persistent global energy shocks. Based on Local Budget Memorandum...
Government agencies have so far saved a total of ₱2.9 billion by purchasing common-use supplies and equipment (CSE) and big-ticket items through the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) virtual store (VS) and eMarketplace, the government’s digital procurement platforms. According to...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) plans to reintroduce laptops to the government’s digital procurement platform this month, following the suspension triggered by the high-profile pricing and specification scandal involving public school equipment. Procurement Service of the DBM...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) assured that the country’s quick response fund (QRF) remains available and ready for deployment to support a prompt response to victims of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Mindanao. As of May 31, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s economic team is adopting a sober yet aggressive posture on the Philippines ' macroeconomic outlook, mobilizing a state-led fiscal catch-up program to counter stalling growth and stubborn inflation. Budget Secretary Kim Robert de Leon told reporters on the...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Kim Robert de Leon said the Marcos Jr. administration will review all maintenance and other operating expense (MOOE) items, which could include trimming funding for subsidies and confidential funds as the government faces limited fiscal space....
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Raḥmatullahi wa Barakatuh. I was privileged to visit the Mountain Province to serve as speaker during the 55th Commencement Exercises of its State University from May 26 to 27, 2026, where I spent two days learning stories that were as inspiring as they were...
The government’s economic managers are recalibrating key economic assumptions amid evolving global and domestic developments, Malacañang said on Monday, June 1. Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro said the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) recently met...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is adding electric vehicles (EVs) to the list of common-use supplies and equipment that government workers can buy through its official e-commerce platform. The expansion, finalized during a recent green technology product rollout by the Procurement...
Government agencies posted weaker spending efficiency in the first four months of 2026, although they continued to utilize the bulk of their cash allocations compared to the same period last year. According to the latest data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the overall...
The appointment of Kim Robert C. De Leon as the new secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) comes at a time when public confidence in government spending is dangerously fragile. The lingering outrage over the flood control scandal, coupled with frustrations over delayed services,...
