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DOUBLE ALLOWANCE OF GOV’T WORKERS – MARK VILLAR

Senator Mark Villar has filed a bill seeking to increase the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) being granted to government employees. Senate Bill No. 1378 entitled An Act Providing an Increase and an Automatic Adjustment Mechanism in the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) Granted to Government Employees, aims to increase the financial assistance given to […]

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ESCUDERO PUSHES FOR PERA HIKE OF GOV’T WORKERS

Senator Chiz Escudero has filed a bill that will raise to P4,000 from P2,000 the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) of some 1.8-million government employees as a way of helping them cope with higher prices brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and fuel hikes. Enrolled as Senate Bill (SB) No. 60, the measure also seeks […]

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HOUSE READY TO FAST-TRACK DISCUSSIONS ON PERA- SPEAKER CAYETANO

The House of Representatives Defeat COVID-19 Committee (DCC) Subcommittee on Economic Stimulus Package has resumed its technical working group meeting recently with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano affirming that the House is ready to fast-track discussions of the proposed Philippine Economic Recovery Act (PERA) in case it is certified urgent by President Rodrigo Duterte. PERA consolidates […]

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We Need to Augment the PERA to Help Government Workers – TRILLANES

  Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has sponsored Senate Bill No. 807 or the bill increasing the monthly Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) granted to all government employees. In the sponsorship speech delivered by Trillanes, he said, “In 1993, President Fidel Ramos signed Administrative Order No. 53, which granted Five Hundred Peso additional compensation to all […]