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The release pace trails 2025's rate for the same period, with the Department of Agriculture down nearly 28 percentage points from a year ago even as DPWH — the agency at the center of the flood-control corruption scandal — hits a near-perfect 99.5%.

The People's Budget Coalition says roughly a tenth of President Marcos' proposed ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget — split between "soft pork," "hard pork" and "shadow pork" — carries elevated risk of political discretion and transparency problems as Congress begins its review.

Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno says stricter cargo assessments will help the agency meet its ₱1.075-trillion 2027 collection target, but the proposed national budget carried over only ₱5.9 billion of the ₱28 billion the bureau sought for scanning machines and radiation detectors, a shortfall he says could delay port modernization and anti-smuggling efforts.

The Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing submitted with the 2027 national budget shows the government expects its debt stock to climb 8.7% next year, driven by a weaker peso and a gross borrowing program raised to ₱3.3 trillion — just weeks after debt already breached ₱19 trillion six months ahead of schedule.

The House appropriations committee began a 53-day review of the proposed 2027 national budget with a Development Budget Coordination Committee briefing, as leadership pledges transparency and the Senate faces questions over an alleged per-senator "leadership fund" in the DPWH budget raised in Sandiganbayan testimony.

Budget documents submitted to Congress alongside the proposed ₱7.2-trillion 2027 national budget show the Marcos administration raising its gross borrowing target to ₱3.3 trillion, pushing debt service costs to a record ₱2.70 trillion even as the debt-to-GDP ratio already sits at a 21-year high.

The Department of Budget and Management handed President Marcos the proposed 2027 National Expenditure Program on Aug. 10, with Malacañang set to formally transmit the ₱7.2-trillion spending plan — the largest ever proposed — to Congress on Aug. 11, days ahead of the constitutional deadline.

The Department of Budget and Management has released 87.7% of the P6.793-trillion 2026 national budget as of end-May — slower than the 90.4% disbursed a year earlier — even as the long-lagging DPWH finally received 96.6% of its allocation. But capital spending remains depressed: infrastructure and other capital outlays plunged 52% to P41.5 billion in April, the 10th straight monthly decline since the flood-control corruption scandal erupted.

The Department of Budget and Management has released an initial P362 million from the Local Government Support Fund to rebuild public facilities wrecked by the June 8 magnitude 7.8 earthquake, with the money going directly to Sarangani, South Cotabato and General Santos City — a fast-track disbursement that also shifts accountability for the funds onto local chief executives.

The Department of Budget and Management has set the 2027 National Tax Allotment for local governments at ₱1.32 trillion — a 10.9% increase — with municipalities cornering the largest share at ₱448.74 billion, even as it reminds local chief executives that responsibility for how the funds are spent rests on them.