• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, Oct. 28, that the provincial government is ready to release the Capitol personnel’s year- end bonus and cash gift, if there is an order, for them to do so.
“Once the money is available, we will release it,” Lacson said.
On Oct. 22, Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman issued Budget Circular 2024-3, which facilitates the early release of the year-end bonus and cash gift of government workers.
It amends Section 6.1 of Budget Circular 2016-4 which provides guidelines on the grant of the year-end bonus and cash gift.
The amendment was made to grant the year-end bonus of government employees equivalent to one month basic pay as of Oct. 31 and a cash gift of P5,000 “simultaneously with the first agency payroll for the month of November of the current year” subject to conditions.
Lacson said that he will check with the provincial government financial managers on how much they can give.
In previous years, the year-end bonus and cash gift are usually given to qualified government employees not earlier than Nov. 15. | GB
