06/01/2025
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DEVELOPING STORY | Palawan SU’s 2025 budget up by 9.08%
Palawan State University will receive a chunk of P970,306,000 for this year, according to the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) which was released by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) after the New Year’s Day, Jan. 2.
The said allocation had an increase of P80,806,000 or 9.08% from last year’s budget, amounting to P889,500,000.
According to the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for this year, the personnel services will receive an amount of P469,598,000, or almost half of the said budget for this year (48.39%). Meanwhile, the maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) will have P453,515,000 (46.73% of this year’s budget), and the capital outlay will receive a remainder of P47,193,000 (4.86% of this year’s budget).
According to the Department of Budget and Management, personnel services are used for the disbursement of “salaries, wages and other compensation of permanent, temporary, contractual, and casual employees of the government.” On the other hand, the maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) is used to support the “operations of government agencies such as expenses for supplies and materials; transportation and travel; utilities (water, power, etc.) and the repairs, etc.” Capital outlay (CO) or capital expenditures is or are used for the "purchase of goods and services, the benefits of which extend beyond the fiscal year and which add to the assets of the Government, including investments in the capital stock of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and their subsidiaries."
When it comes to Free Higher Education (FHE), Palawan State University will receive P359,104,000, up from P318,569,000 last year by 12.72% or P40,535,000.
The signing of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) was supposed to be last December 20. However, it was marred by criticisms, including one from former Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Cielo Magno, calling the budget plan for 2025 “the most corrupt in Philippine history.” The statement was made after concerns of reduction of budget in the education and health sectors.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr signed the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2025 last December 30, and vetoed “over PHP194 billion worth of line items that are not consistent with our program priorities.” The veto caused non-inclusion of P26.065 billion worth of projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and P168.240 billion allocated under “Unprogrammed Appropriations.”
