ALMOST 84 percent of the 2015 national budget allotted for government departments and agencies had been released as of end-May, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

In a statement on Wednesday, the DBM said the total allotments released for the first five months of 2015 amounted to P2.19 trillion, or 83.9 percent of this year’s P2.606 trillion national budget.

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