Tag: Increase

GSIS seeks P1000 increase in pension of aged, disabled pensioners

(Eagle News)—-The Government Service Insurance System has recommended a P1000 increase in the minimum pension of “old age and disability” pensioners. The GSIS made the recommendation for the 67,201 pensioners to receive the P6000 effective February in a letter to  President Rodrigo Duterte. GSIS President and General Manager Jesus Clint Aranas said, however, that survivorship pensioners and those who retired under the Portability Law (Republic Act 7699) are not entitled to the proposed pension increase. He […]

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Senator Aquino wants P1000 increase in social pension of senior citizens

(Eagle News)—-Senator Bam Aquino has filed a resolution seeking to increase the social pension of senior citizens. In calling for a P1000 increase  for those receiving a pension not exceeding P3,000, and those who are not receiving any  at all,  Aquino noted  in Senate Bill. No. 2142 that that sector of society needed to cope with the rising cost of basic commodities. For this, Aquino cited a study conducted by the Coalition of Services of […]

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Augmentation pay of immigration personnel ordered released

(Eagle News) — The government has allowed the establishment of a trust fund funded by express lane fees to increase the salaries of Bureau of Immigration personnel. “There is a need for an interim measure to augment the salaries of BI employees, in recognition of the indispensability of their functions, the apparent disparity between the basic pay of BI employees and employees of government agencies performing comparable functions, and to promote the continuous and unhampered […]

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Duterte vows to increase salaries of gov’t teachers next

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 4, vowed to increase the salaries of public school teachers next. The President, however, admitted that it wouldn’t be “as doubled,” noting what he said were the government’s lack of resources for this. The President earlier doubled the salaries of uniformed personnel. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno has warned against raising the salaries abruptly of public school teachers at this time, but added that they were still […]

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