DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Screenshot from YouTube) Government employees may yet be granted a salary increase next year, with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) setting aside almost P17 billion for this possibility. DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...
A group urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to declare in his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) the setting of a minimum salary standard for private school teachers that is equivalent to the entry-level salary of public school teachers. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is seeking advice from third-party consultants regarding proper salary adjustments for teachers, DepEd Undersecretary Michael Wesley Poa said in a press briefing on Tuesday, July 11. "DepEd alone cannot really just unilaterally change or increase the salaries....
(Unsplash) Isabela Electric Cooperative (ISELCO-I) employees' salaries are being illegally deducted for payments to the One-EC MCO Network Foundation. This was learned during a joint hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Committee on North Luzon Growth Quadrangle on Monday, May 22....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The City Legal Office (CLO) confirmed they received a complaint from an unidentified worker of the local government here over the alleged delayed salary for workers through the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center which has circulated on Facebook and was posted by a media news...
The Philippines ranked second highest in salary rate among ASEAN countries, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said amid clamor and a pending bill in the Senate seeking for P150 increase in the daily minimum wage rate. ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said in an interview at...
Health workers are once again appealing to the government to raise their salary as this is one of the ways to address the migration of the country's medical frontliners. Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) President Robert Mendoza said that the Philippines has long been suffering severe understaffing...
Public and private educators reiterated their calls for wage increase less than two weeks before the nation commemorates Labor Day. In a press conference held Tuesday, April 18, public and private educators gathered to demand wage increase, stressing that the provision of decent salary to Filipino...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. will be denied of his "monetary privileges" as a congressman, including his salary, during his 60-day suspension. Thus, said House Secretary General Reginald Velasco when asked about what would happen to Teves amid his suspension. "Under...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
The 304-strong delegates of the proposed hybrid constitutional convention, to be formed in connection with the brewing Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts in the House of Representatives, will each be entitled to a P10,000 "per diem" or daily salary. (MANILA BULLETIN) This provision can be found in...
Alliance of Filipino women Gabriela staged a noise barrage in Quezon City to protest against the “severe economic crisis” as well as demand salary increase and decent job opportunities for all. (Photo courtesy of Gabriela) Members of Gabriela on Monday afternoon, Feb. 27, trooped in front of...
