The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said that every government employee would receive P5,000 Christmas bonus as early as the end of November as per the president’s directive.

Called Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI), a total of P6.2 billion was allotted by the DBM as early Christmas bonuses for government workers as the budget agency earlier said that the early release would be for the workers to help their relatives in provinces hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) one month ago after the storm surge.

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