DBM Press Release
Proposed NDRRMF up 14.68% from 2026; nearly all disaster funds released in 2023–2025 as government keeps resources ready for prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery
Hindi kailangang hintaying tumama ang bagyo, lumindol, o maranasan ang matinding epekto ng El Niño bago magamit ang pondo ng gobyerno para protektahan ang mga Pilipino.
This is the thrust of the proposed P45.67-billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027, as the Marcos Administration strengthens the country’s capacity not only to respond to calamities, but also to prepare for them and reduce their impact before they strike.
Under the proposed FY 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP), the NDRRMF will increase by nearly P5.85 billion, or 14.68 percent, from its P39.82-billion allocation under the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Government records also show the continuing need to maintain sufficient fiscal buffers for disasters. Of the NDRRMF appropriations from 2023 to 2025, 99 percent was released in 2023, 100 percent in 2024, and 98 percent in 2025.
For FY 2026, P17.30 billion, or 43 percent of the P39.82-billion NDRRMF, has been released as of September 25, leaving P22.52 billion available for requirements that may arise during the remainder of the year.
The remaining amount does not mean that the fund is idle or unnecessary. Unlike regular agency expenditures, releases from the NDRRMF are driven by actual eligible requirements arising from disasters and other covered events. Keeping resources available therefore allows the government to respond when the need arises, rather than exhaust the country’s disaster buffer prematurely.
“As one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, investing in resilience is no longer a choice, but a necessity,” Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon said.
“The proposed FY 2027 budget therefore strengthens the government’s capacity not only to respond to disasters, but more importantly, to prepare for them and reduce their impact on Filipino communities,” the Budget Chief added.
The higher allocation comes as the government prepares for a wide range of disaster and climate risks, including the possible effects of El Niño on agriculture, water supply, food security, and vulnerable communities.
Contrary to the common perception that the NDRRMF is used only after a typhoon, earthquake, or other calamity has already caused damage, the fund may also support measures undertaken before disaster strikes.
Under Republic Act No. 10121, or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, the fund may be used for disaster risk reduction, mitigation, prevention, and preparedness activities, including personnel training, procurement of equipment, and capital expenditures.
The proposed NDRRMF complements interventions already being undertaken by the government in anticipation of El Niño. The government has begun front-loading support for the agriculture sector under the Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) Framework, including farm inputs and support related to fuel and irrigation, while the Department of Agriculture maximizes its existing appropriations and prioritizes beneficiaries.
The NDRRMF can serve as an additional fiscal buffer should regular agency funding prove insufficient for eligible requirements arising from El Niño and other disasters.
Of the proposed P45.67 billion for 2027, P30 billion will go to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Program, up by P6.51 billion from P23.49 billion in 2026.
Another P14.67 billion is proposed for the Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Assistance Program (DRRAP) for Local Government Units, providing resources to help affected communities rebuild critical infrastructure and restore essential services. An additional P1 billion is proposed for the People’s Survival Fund.
Aside from the NDRRMF, concerned agencies also maintain their own Quick Response Funds (QRFs) for immediate disaster response. As of August 31, 2026, P14.93 billion of the P26.90-billion available QRF—including built-in agency QRFs and replenishments from the NDRRMF—had already been obligated. Unused QRF balances form part of agencies’ continuing appropriations into the succeeding budget year.
This layered funding mechanism allows agencies to respond immediately through their QRFs while preserving the NDRRMF as a national fiscal buffer for larger and emerging requirements. Should the NDRRMF itself be fully depleted, DBM may also tap other appropriate funding sources, subject to applicable budgeting laws and rules.
The NDRRMF is also designed to respond to a broader range of emergencies beyond typhoons and earthquakes. Subject to applicable laws and conditions, it may fund relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, recovery, and other eligible requirements arising from natural or human-induced disasters, epidemics declared by the Department of Health, armed conflicts, insurgency, terrorism, and other major catastrophes occurring in the current or two preceding years.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., in his FY 2027 Budget Message, underscored the broader economic and human cost of increasingly severe climate risks.
“Climate action is no longer simply an environmental concern—it is an economic and development imperative that protects lives, livelihoods, and future generations,” the President said.
The proposed increase in the NDRRMF therefore reflects a broader approach to disaster financing: prepare before disaster strikes, maintain sufficient resources when emergencies occur, and ensure that communities can recover and rebuild afterward.
For the government, disaster preparedness means acting while there is still time to protect communities—not only when lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure have already been lost.
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Department of Budget and Management
Ika-25 ng Setyembre 2026
BAGO PA DUMATING ANG SAKUNA: P45.67-B disaster fund proposed para sa 2027 habang naghahanda ang gobyerno sa El Niño, iba pang kalamidad
Proposed NDRRMF tataas ng 14.68% mula 2026; halos lahat ng disaster funds nailabas noong 2023–2025 habang pinananatiling handa ng gobyerno ang pondo para sa prevention, preparedness, response, at recovery
Hindi kailangang hintaying tumama ang bagyo, lumindol, o maranasan ang matinding epekto ng El Niño bago magamit ang pondo ng gobyerno para protektahan ang mga Pilipino.
Ito ang layunin ng proposed P45.67-billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) para sa Fiscal Year (FY) 2027, habang pinalalakas ng Marcos Administration ang kakayahan ng bansa hindi lamang na tumugon sa mga kalamidad, kundi maging handa bago pa man ito mangyari at mabawasan ang epekto nito sa mga komunidad.
Sa ilalim ng proposed FY 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP), tataas ng halos P5.85 billion, o 14.68 percent, ang NDRRMF mula sa P39.82-billion allocation sa ilalim ng FY 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Ipinapakita rin ng government records ang patuloy na pangangailangang magpanatili ng sapat na fiscal buffer para sa mga kalamidad. Sa NDRRMF appropriations mula 2023 hanggang 2025, 99 percent ang nailabas noong 2023, 100 percent noong 2024, at 98 percent noong 2025.
Para naman sa FY 2026, P17.30 billion, o 43 percent ng P39.82-billion NDRRMF, ang nailabas na hanggang September 25. Dahil dito, may P22.52 billion pa para sa mga pangangailangan sa natitirang bahagi ng taon.
Hindi nangangahulugan na hindi nagagamit o hindi kailangan ang natitirang pondo. Hindi tulad ng regular agency expenditures, ang releases mula sa NDRRMF ay nakabatay sa aktwal na eligible requirements na dulot ng mga kalamidad at iba pang covered events. Sa pagpapanatiling available ng pondo, may magagamit ang gobyerno kapag kailangan na ito sa halip na maubos agad ang disaster buffer ng bansa.
“As one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, investing in resilience is no longer a choice, but a necessity,” ani Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon.
“The proposed FY 2027 budget therefore strengthens the government’s capacity not only to respond to disasters, but more importantly, to prepare for them and reduce their impact on Filipino communities,” dagdag ng Budget Chief.
And mas mataas na pondo ay parte ng maigting na paghahanda ng gobyerno sa iba’t ibang disaster at climate risks, kabilang ang posibleng epekto ng El Niño sa agrikultura, supply ng tubig, food security, at vulnerable communities.
Taliwas sa paniniwala na ginagamit lamang ang NDRRMF kapag nakapinsala na ang bagyo, lindol, o iba pang kalamidad, maaari ring gamitin ang pondo para sa mga hakbang bago pa man tumama ang sakuna.
Sa ilalim ng Republic Act No. 10121, o Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, maaaring gamitin ang pondo para sa disaster risk reduction, mitigation, prevention, at preparedness activities, kabilang ang personnel training, equipment procurement, at capital expenditures.
Katuwang ng panukalang pondo para sa NDRRMF ang mga hakbang na isinasagawa na ng gobyerno bilang paghahanda sa El Niño. Sinimulan na ng gobyerno ang mas maagang pagbibigay ng suporta sa agriculture sector sa ilalim ng Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) Framework, kabilang ang farm inputs at suporta para sa fuel at irrigation, habang ginagamit nang husto ng Department of Agriculture ang existing appropriations nito at binibigyang-prayoridad ang kanilang mga benepisyaryo.
Maaari ring magsilbing additional fiscal buffer ang NDRRMF sakaling hindi sapat ang regular agency funding para sa mga eligible requirements dulot ng El Niño at iba pang kalamidad.
Sa proposed P45.67 billion para sa 2027, P30 billion ang ilalaan para sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Program, mas mataas ng P6.51 billion mula sa P23.49 billion noong 2026.
May proposed P14.67 billion naman para sa Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Assistance Program (DRRAP) para sa Local Government Units, na magbibigay ng resources upang matulungan ang mga apektadong komunidad na maibalik ang critical infrastructure at essential services. May karagdagang P1 billion ding proposed para sa People’s Survival Fund.
Bukod sa NDRRMF, mayroon ding sariling Quick Response Funds (QRFs) ang mga concerned agencies para sa agarang disaster response. As of August 31, 2026, P14.93 billion sa P26.90-billion available QRF—kabilang ang built-in agency QRFs at replenishments mula sa NDRRMF—ang na-obligate na. Ang hindi pa nagamit na QRF balances ay bahagi ng continuing appropriations ng mga ahensya hanggang sa susunod na budget year.
Sa layered funding mechanism na ito, maaaring agad tumugon ang mga ahensya gamit ang kanilang QRFs habang nananatiling national fiscal buffer ang NDRRMF para sa mas malalaki at mga bagong pangangailangan. Sakaling maubos naman ang NDRRMF, maaari ring gumamit ang DBM ng iba pang naaangkop na funding sources, alinsunod sa umiiral na budgeting laws and rules.
Hindi rin limitado sa bagyo at lindol ang mga emergency na maaaring tugunan ng NDRRMF. Alinsunod sa mga umiiral na batas at kondisyon, maaari itong gamitin para sa relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, recovery, at iba pang eligible requirements dulot ng natural o human-induced disasters, epidemics na idineklara ng Department of Health, armed conflicts, insurgency, terrorism, at iba pang malalaking sakuna na nangyari sa kasalukuyan o nakaraang dalawang taon.
Binigyang-diin ni President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa kanyang FY 2027 Budget Message ang mas malawak na epekto sa ekonomiya at sa mga mamamayan ng tumitinding climate risks.
“Climate action is no longer simply an environmental concern—it is an economic and development imperative that protects lives, livelihoods, and future generations,” pahayag ng Pangulo.
Ipinapakita ng mataas na pondo ang mas malawak na approach sa disaster financing: maghanda bago pa man dumating ang sakuna, magpanatili ng sapat na resources kapag may emergency, at tiyaking makakabangon ang mga komunidad pagkatapos ng kalamidad.
Para sa gobyerno, ang disaster preparedness ay nangangahulugang ng pagkilos habang may panahon pang protektahan ang mga komunidad—hindi lamang kapag may nawala nang buhay, kabuhayan, at imprastraktura.
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