Government infrastructure spending shrank by almost 43 percent in the first five months of the year, as tightened governance protocols and stricter validation procedures delayed capital disbursements across major public works projects. According to the latest national government disbursement report...
Government agencies’ spending efficiency weakened in the first half of 2026, with slower utilization of cash allocations leaving ₱84.3 billion in unused cash authority, largely due to lower fund utilization by the education and public works sectors. The latest Department of Budget and...
Slow budget rollouts in agriculture and education dragged down government spending in the first half of the year, offsetting the aggressive catch-up in infrastructure projects and further decelerating the Marcos administration’s fiscal disbursement pace. According to data from the Department of...
The Marcos administration will deploy ₱12.3 billion using surpluses and fresh budget allocations to settle multi-year financial arrears owed to state universities and colleges, according to a government joint administrative order. The national government plans to tap ₱7.8 billion in...
Amid recent calamities that have battered the Philippines, the government’s calamity fund shed ₱1.7 billion in June, all of which was allocated to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As of June 30, 2026, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF)...
The Marcos administration is proposing a record ₱7.2 trillion national budget for fiscal year 2027, an increase of six percent over the current year, as the government seeks to counteract an economic slowdown triggered by geopolitical conflict and domestic spending scandals. According to National...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed the Philippine government’s updated roadmap to overhaul how public funds are planned, spent, and monitored, saying stronger public financial management (PFM) systems are key to improving public services, strengthening resilience, as well as guarding...
Government agencies reported a dip in spending efficiency as of May, with the utilization of cash allocations slowing compared to the same period last year and leaving ₱260.8 billion in unused cash authority. Data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed that the overall...
The Philippines’ more-than-three-decade-old devolution program remains incomplete, with local government units (LGUs) and national agencies continuing to share responsibilities for many basic services despite the 1991 Local Government Code (LGC), according to state-run policy think tank...
Government infrastructure spending plunged in the first four months of the year, failing to recover from a high-profile flood-control corruption scandal that triggered aggressive regulatory oversight and disrupted the processing of state funds. According to the latest national government...
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...
