Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced on Jan. 23 that city government employees will get their salary increases by the end of the month. This is based on Republic Act 11466 or the Salary Standardization Law of 2019. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon at the flag raising ceremony on Jan. 23 (Photo from...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez announced that some 8,700 city government employees will receive higher salary starting this month as part of the mandated increases under the Salary Standardization Law V signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in January 2020. Olivarez said the increase will be the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said government workers will receive higher pay beginning this month, the last tranche of the mandated salary hikes for state employees. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the fourth tranche of the pay increase mandated by...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province is a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has been urged to probe the alleged delay of salaries and Covid-19 benefits of health workers at the Western...
Citing the steady soar of inflation, a group of education workers urged the government to make a “significant salary hike” an utmost priority at the start of the year. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Vladimer Quetua from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines said that for the...
Here's some good news to start the year 2023. (MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda reminded Filipinos on Saturday, Dec. 31 that half a month's worth of salary awaits them as part of the windfall from the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN Law. “A 13.5th month...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta recently learned first-hand just how handsomely Filipino construction workers in Guam are getting paid. (Alexander Mils/ Unsplash) Marcoleta took part in a fact-finding mission in the United States (US) territory that lasted from Dec. 11 to 15. The mission...
The prices of basic goods, increase in workers’ wage, and access to affordable food are among the top and urgent national concerns of adult Filipinos, a non-commissioned survey conducted by OCTA Research revealed. The independent Tugon ng Masa (TNM) poll, which was held from Oct. 23 until Oct....
While House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Tuesday, Dec. 6, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to prioritize salary increase amid the 14-year-high inflation rate of 8 percent in November 2022, House Ways and Means chair and Albay 2nd...
A group of education workers on Sunday, Nov. 27, once again pushed for the adjustment to the salaries of teachers. (Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines) “We demand for a four-grade adjustment to teachers’ salaries, starting from the upgrading of Teacher I positions from salary grade 11 to salary...
Senators are in agreement that the country’s health workers deserve to receive a higher salary and be paid their benefits for their role in the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response. But lawmakers cannot say if the government has sufficient funds to agree to their demands of a monthly minimum...
Employees in the Philippines can look forward to an average 5.5 percent increase in their salaries next year, up from 5.3 percent this year and marking a return to the pre-pandemic level in 2019, according to Mercer’s annual Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) 2022. The TRS surveyed 447 organizations...