Philippines, Feb. 26 -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has issued the guidelines on the release and utilization of the PHP1.95 billion earmarked for the Local Government Support Fund-Support to the Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) in 2025.

Local Budget Circular 162 issued on Feb. 24 prescribes the general policies and procedures for the implementation of the LGSF-SBDP that will benefit 780 cleared villages.

Priority projects identified by the beneficiaries during the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) will be funded under the LGSF-SBDP of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

By virtue of EO 70 issued in 2018, the BDP became the NTF-ELCAC's flagship program to bring sus...