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ANAKALUSUGAN TO PROBE PHILHEALTH EXECS PAY HIKE

Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes wants to investigate the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) for prioritizing the increase of its executives’ pay during the pandemic. Reyes filed House Resolution 1261 urging the House Committee on Health to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on the tripling of Philhealth executives’ pay in 2022. Reyes […]

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ESCUDERO BATS FOR PAY HIKE OF PUBLIC DENTISTS

Senator Chiz Escudero wants an increase in the salary of some 2,000 dentists employed in the public sector to attract more dentists to enter and remain in government service. Escudero made the proposal under Senate Bill 2082 or the Public Dentist Salary Modification Act, after co-authoring a measure that seeks to provide pay hikes to […]

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PAY HIKE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUSHED

With the lingering elevated inflation seen as a major threat to the global economy this 2023, four legislators led by National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte have proposed the congressional approval of twin measures bumping up the salaries and making permanent the allowance for teaching supplies of about 800,000 public school teachers in basic […]

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117 ANGELES CITY HOSPITAL WORKERS TO GET PAY HIKE

Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has ordered the salary raise of 117 Contract of Service employees at the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center beginning on Feb. 1, 2023. Among the employees to get the salary raise are the 4 Midwives who will receive a ₱6,000 raise each; 105 Nursing Attendants with a ₱2,000 […]

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TEACHERS’ PAY HIKE TOPS GATCHALIAN PRIORITY BILLS

Increasing the salary of public school teachers takes precedence in Senator Win Gatchalian’s list of priority bills for the 19th Congress. While three other education-related measures are among his top 10 bills, Gatchalian is likewise bent on putting in motion the mandatory registration of all subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and a law to provide […]

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NURSES IN SORSOGON TO GET PAY HIKE – ESCUDERO

The provincial government of Sorsogon has started implementing a budget circular that will increase the salaries of nurses working in public hospitals, as part of the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) 5 which takes effect this January. Governor Francis Escudero said 139 nurses deployed to nine public hospitals run by the provincial government will be the […]

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GOV’T WORKERS GET BIGGER TAKE-HOME PAY WITH SSL-5 – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara welcomes the enactment of the Salary Standardization Law-5 (SSL-5), saying public servants can now expect a bigger take-home pay to help them cope with their daily expenses. The chair of the Senate Committee on Finance said that under the new law, the fifth round of salary increases will be given in four tranches […]

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PAY HIKE TO ADDRESS LABOR SHORTAGE IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR – LOPEZ

Offering higher wages in the construction industry will address the shortage of skilled labor in the sector, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said. Lopez told reporters that construction companies are now hiking wages to ensure that there will be no delays in their projects due to manpower shortage. “We see it happening.” “We see it happening, because […]

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NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT DUTERTE’S HEALTH CONDITION – GO

Senator Bong Go aided victims of a fire incident in Brgy. Sun Valley, NAIA, Pasay City where 60 houses were razed and 102 families, comprising of 798 individuals, were affected. Accompanying Go to provide government assistance to the victims were representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), […]

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INCREASE PAY OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS – GO

During the 86th National Annual Convention of the Philippine Public Health Association, Inc., Senator Bong Go vowed to push for the pay increase of public health professionals and other civilian government workers. Attending the event were professionals from the public health system including doctors, nurses, midwives, barangay health workers, sanitation inspectors, and administrative staff. “One […]