As the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has been receiving numerous inquiries regarding the release of funds for pension differentials of retired military and uniformed personnel (MUP), it is issuing this statement to provide clarification to all parties concerned.
It may be recalled that the Senate and the House of Representatives issued Congress Joint Resolution (JR) No. 1, s. 2018, increasing the base pay of all MUP, on January 1, 2018. Under the current system, the MUP pension requirements are automatically indexed to the current base pay scheme for MUP in active service, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1638, Republic Act (RA) No. 5976, RA No. 8551, and RA No. 9263.
In this regard, the DBM is pleased to announce that it has already released around PhP22.3 billion to the Department of National Defense, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, and the Philippine Coast Guard to cover the pension differential of MUP retirees for the period of June to December 2019. Meanwhile, the pension differential for the period of January to May 2019 will be acted upon separately, subject to the availability of...
The Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) utilization rate of the national government was at 92 percent from January to August 2019, corresponding to PhP1.802 trillion worth of NCAs used out of PhP1.961 trillion in NCAs released for the period, data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed.
Though total NCAs used as of August this year were lower by PhP9.510 billion than last year, this latest recorded year-to-date NCA utilization rate is higher than the recorded rate of 86 percent for the same period last year. From January to August 2018, PhP1.811 trillion worth of NCAs was used out of the PhP2.116 trillion in NCAs released to the national government agencies.
Line departments utilized PhP1.303 trillion of the PhP1.457 trillion in NCAs released to them for January to August this year, equivalent to an 89 percent year-to-date NCA utilization rate.
NCAs refer to the disbursement authority issued by the DBM to cover the cash requirements of the operations, programs, and projects of government agencies. A higher NCA utilization rate demonstrates the capacity of line agencies to timely disburse their allocated funds and implement their programs and projects.
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On September 16, 2019, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released PhP166.5 million to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-Central Office. The said amount shall cover the implementation of the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP).
The TWSP is directed towards filling up the skills gaps and job requirements of priority industries and sectors with high employment demand, improving the reach of quality Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to the grassroots and encouraging technical-vocational institutions to offer programs that cater to in-demand industry requirements.
The program was launched in May 2006 with funding from the Office of the President and mainstreamed in the regular budget in 2008.
The TWSP qualifications and courses are focused on “Key Employment Generators” in the areas of: a) Agri-fishery/Agri-business/Agro-industrial; b) Tourism; c) Information Technology-Business Process Management; d) Semiconductor and Electronics; e) Automotive and Other Priority Manufacturing Industries; f) Logistics; and g) General Infrastructure and New and Emerging Sectors.
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On September 16, 2019, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released PhP21.8 million to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)-Ministry of Social Services.
The Centenarians Act of 2016 honors Filipinos who have reached the age of one hundred (100) years old, whether residing in the Philippines or abroad. The Act grants the centenarians a one-time cash incentive in the amount of one hundred thousand pesos (PhP100,000). Other incentives include: a) Letter of Felicitation from the President of the Philippines; and b) Plaque of Recognition to the deceased centenarian who died upon the effectivity of the said Act, to be given to the nearest surviving relative.
The PhP21.8 million shall cover the payment of cash incentives to 218 centenarians in the BARMM for FY 2019.
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On September 16, 2019, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released PhP212.9 million to the National Housing Authority (NHA). The said amount shall cover the FY 2019 National Government subsidy for the implementation of the Resettlement Program by the National Housing Authority (NHA).
The NHA Resettlement Program provides new settlements for families occupying danger areas such as waterways/riverbanks, railroad tracks, sidewalks, etc., and those displaced from sites earmarked for government infrastructure projects.
To the extent possible, the in-city resettlement approach is adopted to minimize the social, economic, cultural and political impacts of dislocation. Off-city resettlement is resorted to when all means to implement the former has been exhausted.
It may be recalled that on July 30, 2019, the DBM also released PhP55.9 million for the same purpose.
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On September 13, 2019, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released an amount of PhP29.8 billion to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for the payment of the one-year health insurance premiums of 6,510,234 beneficiaries, broken down as follows:
Category
No. of Beneficiaries
Amount
(at P2,400 premium per annum)
(at P5,000 premium per annum)
Total
Indigents
935,570
935,570
P 2,245,368,000
Point-of-Service Patients
131,895
131,895
316,548,000
Senior Citizens
5,435,438
5,435,438
27,177,190,000
Bangsamoro
7,331
7,331
17,594,400
TOTAL
1,074,796
5,435,438
6,510,234
P29,756,700,400
Indigent families are those who have no visible means of income, or whose income is insufficient for family subsistence, as identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. Meanwhile, Point-of-Service (POS) patients are those non-PhilHealth members assessed by the hospital/medical social worker as financially-incapable to pay for hospital care at the point of hospital admission. The POS program provides POS patients immediate entitlement to PhilHealth benefits.
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On September 9, 2019, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No. 91, entitled “Adopting the Cash Budgeting System Beginning Fiscal Year 2019, and for Other Purposes”. Said EO becomes effective upon publication in the Official Gazette.
The Cash Budgeting System (CBS) will promote the faster implementation of government programs by ensuring that funding requirements for priority programs and projects are sufficient, maximized by agencies, and, even more importantly, delivered on time.
Unlike the previous obligation-based budgeting system where the implementation period for projects is open, this system promotes discipline, focus, and better operational planning among agencies as it funds only the programs and projects that can be implemented and completed within the fiscal year, and provides for a fixed implementation and payment period that must be strictly observed. This ensures the prudent use of resources, prevents wastage and corruption, and ultimately improves the quality and efficiency of public services.
Under the CBS, all appropriations shall be made available for obligation and disbursement only until the end of each fiscal year. Moreover, obligations... More in Press Releases
