evidence: This was after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) allocated P70 billion in the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget for the salary increase of state workers. [...] President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. vowed in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) that salaries of state workers will be increased. The salary increase for government workers is expected to benefit 165,007 sub-professionals; 1,170,647 professionals, such as teachers and lawyers; and 22,640 personnel in executive functions, according to the DBM.