MANILA -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it has released P31.93 billion for the salary increase of government employees. 

In a statement, the DBM said the funds for the salary hike have been released to the following agencies:

-Congress of the Philippines
-Office of the President
-Office of the Vice President
-Department of Agriculture
-Department of Budget and Management
-State Universities and Colleges
-Department of Education
-Department of Energy
-Department of Environment and Natural Resources
-Department of Foreign Affairs
-Department of Health
-Department of Information and Technology
-Department of Interior and Local Government
-Department of Justice
-Department of Labor and Employment
-Department of Migrant Workers
-Department of National Defense
-Department of Public Works and Highways
-Department of Science and Technology
-Department of Social Welfare and Development
-Department of Trade and Industry
-National Economic Development Authority
-Other Executive Offices (OEOs)
-Civil Service Commission
-Commission on Audit
-Commission on Human Rights
-Metropolitan Manila Development Authority

"We also urge the heads of the departments and agencies to distribute immediately the salary differential since 'yung increase po is retroactive starting January of this year," DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said.

The salary increase comes after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. signed on August 2 Executive Order No. 64, approving the Salary Standardization Law VI (salary increase) for all civilian government personnel.

Pangandaman also ordered the creation of the Salary Standardization Law VI (SSL VI) dashboard, which is designed to provide real-time data on the budget releases for easier monitoring and effective oversight.

The dashboard is now available on the DBM's website at https://www.dbm.gov.ph/.