A group of education workers urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to further discuss the compensation of teachers who will serve in the upcoming May 2022 elections. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued Friday,...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed her gratitude to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for granting the increase of the honorarium of the members of electoral boards which will be composed of teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I would like to express our...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Dec. 10 pushed for additional benefits for public school teachers and poll workers who will serve in the May 2022 National and Local Elections. Public school teachers serve as poll workers in the May 2019 elections. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
A group of education workers welcomed the filing of a new bill pushing for the tax exemption of poll workers' pay. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines expressed support for the bill authored by Senator Leila de Lima and pushed for its immediate approval. ACT...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has once again appealed for possible increase in the honoraria of teachers who will serve as poll workers in the 2022 National and Local Elections. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) “Although it is less than our proposed increase for our teachers who will serve as poll...
A group of education workers is pushing an additional funding amounting to P2 billion to increase the honoraria and allowances of poll workers in the 2022 national and local elections. (Photo from DepEd) “Our teachers will yet again be at the frontlines of another election,” Alliance of...
Bracing for one of the most challenging elections in recent history, a group of education workers called for enough funding that will help ensure sufficient pay for teachers who will serve in the 2022 elections. (Photo from ACT Philippines) “As teachers will be at the frontlines of possibly one...
The House of Representatives voted unanimously for the third and final reading approval of a bill that will exempt from income tax the honoraria, allowances and other financial benefits received by election workers. Poll workers Authored by members of the Makabayan bloc and Nueva Vizcaya Rep. Luisa...
The Department of Education (DepEd) vowed Monday, June 28, to assist its more than 900,000 public school teachers in securing their Philippine National Public Key Infrastructure (PNPKI) digital signatures as part of its commitment to ensure “secure and peaceful” May 2022 elections. (Photo from...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has nodded to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) request to increase the honoraria of teaching and non-teaching personnel who will serve during the 2022 national and local elections. (Photo from DepEd/Manila Bulletin/File Photo) Education Secretary Leonor...
