By Liezelle Soriano
The Department of Budget and Management announced that government employees will start receiving their year-end bonuses beginning November 15 after the release of P69.4 billion budget by the agency.
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said that the P60.5 billion is allotted for year-end bonus while the P8.9 billion is allotted for cash gift of civilian employees and military and uniformed personnel (MUP) in the national government agencies (NGAs).
Pangandaman said that government employees deserve the bonus as they provide public service to the Filipino.
“This is a well-deserved symbol of appreciation for our government workers, our heroes, who give their all for the country— those who walk the extra mile and spend longer work hours out of their sheer sense of public service,” she said.
“This is in line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to ensure that our government workers are given these rightful tokens for all their sacrifices that are greatly contributing to the reactivation of our economy,” DBM chief added.
Pangandaman urged government employees to make prudent use of their bonuses, allocating funds for both personal necessities and the things “that truly matter.”
(AI/MNM)
