• The government has released P5 trillion or about 86 percent of the record P5.768 trillion allocation this year as state agencies move to implement their respective projects.
• Latest data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed that it has issued P4.96 trillion of the 2024 budget as of end-April.
• This represents 86 percent of the national budget allocated for the year, a slight improvement from the 85.8 percent in April 2023.

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