The additional pay approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to compensate for the extended election service of poll workers was welcomed by teachers’ groups. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are glad that the Comelec approved our just demands for overtime compensation,” the Alliance...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will likely spend P20 million for the additional honoraria of members of the electoral boards (EBs) who rendered extended hours of duty on the day of the elections last May 9. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) Comelec...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded teachers who rendered election duties to get their honorarium before the scheduled deadline lapses. Comelec deputy director for operations Teopisto Elnas (Courtesy of Comelec livestream) In a press briefing Tuesday, May 24, Director Teopisto Elnas,...
A group called on the Senate to “recompense the sacrifices” made by election workers during the May 9, 2022 elections by hastening the approval of a bill that will scrap the 20 percent tax on election service pay and refund previous tax collections. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As Congress...
Around 6,000 members of electoral boards (EB)–teachers and support staff–who have experienced delays on Election Day, May 9, will be given P2,000 additional honoraria by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Public school teachers learn how to use a vote-counting machine (VCM) during an...
A group of teachers is lobbying for the creation of separate insurance if reforms in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will not be instituted soon. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a statement issued Thursday, May 19, called on the elected...
An initial list of 1,036 electoral board (EB) members who reportedly rendered more than 24 hours of election service has been submitted by a group to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We have called for the granting of overtime pay to poll workers since our...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, May 15, said it has already received the letter from Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor M. Briones asking the poll body for the grant of additional honoraria for teachers and other members of the electoral boards (EB). Comelec Acting...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday, May 14, reiterated that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is the agency responsible when it comes to processing and releasing honoraria and other allowances related to the election. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “The public is reminded that...
For a group of education workers, it takes more than “peace and discipline” to address the learning crisis in the country. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) “What we need is a leadership that recognizes the learning crisis, the desperate quality of education, the chronically underpaid status...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to provide additional pay for the teaching and non-teaching personnel who served as members of the Electoral Board amounting to P3,000. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Secretary Leonor Briones formally...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia has asked the Comelec en banc to approve additional honoraria for teachers who rendered services as electoral boards (EBs) for extended hours. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The...
