MANILA — GOOD news for government employees: the Department of Budget and Management is set to release your year-end bonus and P5,000 cash gift early November 2025.
“Pursuant to Budget Circular No. 2024-3, the year-end bonus and P5,000 cash gift will be released with the first agency payroll of Nov. 2025,” DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman announced.
She said “the DBM is one with the President in ensuring that our public servants feel the warmth of our Bagong Pilipinas. Pinapahalagahan po natin ang sipag at kahusayan ng ating mga lingkod-bayan kaya naman, sinisiguro nating maibibigay sa tamang oras ang kanilang mga benepisyo.”
“We know how much government personnel look forward to this time of the year not just because it’s the season of giving, but because it’s a well-deserved recognition of their service and sacrifice,” added the Budget Secretary.
For fiscal year 2025, a total of ₱63.69 billion has been allocated for the year-end bonus of civilian and military or uniformed personnel, and ₱9.24 billion for the cash gift, covering over 1.85 million government workers all over the country.
The YEB, equivalent to one month of basic pay as of October 31, and the ₱5,000 cash gift, are given annually to reward the hard work and dedication of government workers nationwide. The agency ensures that all funds for the YEB and cash gift have been comprehensively released at the start of the fiscal year, allowing agencies to process and credit the benefits without delay.
Under DBM rules, employees who have rendered at least four months of service from January 1, and are still in government service as of October 31, are entitled to the YEB and CG.
The DBM has reminded all agencies to release the bonuses promptly and in accordance with existing budget circulars. (Mabuhay News Online)
