DBM Releases 90% of 2025 Budget as of April

The government has released nearly 90 percent of the record P6.326 trillion budget this year as state agencies move to implement their respective projects.

- By LOUISE MAUREEN SIMEON

Latest data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed it has issued P5.66 trillion out of the 2025 budget as of end-April, representing 89.5 percent of the total allocation for the year.

This figure, it said, is higher than the 86 percent in budget releases in the same period last year.

Data showed that the DBM released P3.72 trillion under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or 88.1 percent of the total P4.22 trillion financing.

Under the 2025 GAA, the DBM said it has distributed 93.2 percent or P3.44 trillion of the P3.69 trillion for departments.

In terms of special purpose funds, releases are now at 52.6 percent as P278.32 billion was handed out from the P529.6 billion allocation.