Duterte vows to raise salary of teachers this 2019
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:42:52 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to raise the salary of teachers this year.
“Kayo ang isusunod ko this year. Kayo ang pinakamarami,” Duterte said in a speech during the groundbreaking of the Gregorio National High School in Bulacan, drawing loud cheers from the crowd, who are mostly teachers.
He said he already talked to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno about the plan.
The 2019 national budget contains funding for the fourth and last tranche of salary increases for government employees, which implementation was mandated under the Aquino administration’s Salary Standardization Law (SSL). The first tranche of state workers’ pay hike started in 2016.
Diokno, however, said government workers’ salary increase scheduled for January 15 has to wait until Congress approves the 2019 expenditure program.
But lawmakers have called on Duterte to release the wage hike now.
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya even warned he would take Diokno to the Supreme Court if the Budget Secretary would insist on suspending payment of state employees’ salary increases this month. /kga
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