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Congress urged to convert workers’ bonus to pay hike

By Jess Diaz | January 2, 2016 - 9:00am

The Senate and the House of Representatives are being urged to convert the planned two months year-end bonus for the 1.5 million government personnel into an increase in their basic pay.

Business

Congress fails to OK Salary Standardization Law

By Marvin Sy | December 17, 2015 - 9:00am

Government employees will have to wait a while longer for their salary increase as Congress failed to approve the Salary Standardization...

Headlines

House approves higher pay for government rank and file

By Jess Diaz | December 9, 2015 - 9:00am

The House of Representatives, voting 170-5 with one abstention, passed on third and final reading last night a bill granting...

Headlines

House, Senate agree on final version of 2016 budget

By Marvin Sy | December 8, 2015 - 9:00am

The House of Representatives and the Senate agreed yesterday on the final version of the proposed P3.002-trillion 2016 national budget.

Headlines

Abad on tax cut: Up to Congress

November 11, 2015 - 9:00am

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), in recommending a new round of salary increase for government personnel, did...

Headlines

President to get P280,000 salary hike

By Jess Diaz | November 10, 2015 - 9:00am

The presidentof the country will get a salary increase of nearly P280,000 in four years, while the lowest-paid state worker...

Headlines

Mas mataas na sahod, 14th month pay sa gov’t employees isinusulong

November 8, 2015 - 8:24pm

Sinabi pa ng kalihim na pawang mga nasa mababang salary grade ang lubos na makikinabang sa panukala.

Bansa

Pay hike for gov't employees sought

By Prinz Magtulis | November 8, 2015 - 7:46pm

The Aquino administration is proposing a P226-billion compensation package for government employees composed of...

Business

Palace defends proposed P400,000 monthly salary for PNoy's successor

By Louis Bacani | October 22, 2015 - 4:13am

Malacañang on Thursday defended the administration's plan to hike the monthly salary of the next president from P120,000...

Headlines

‘Workers, not president, deserve pay increase’

By Jess Diaz | October 21, 2015 - 10:00am

Rep. Carlos Zarate of party-list group Bayan Muna slammed yesterday the proposal to increase the monthly salary of the president...

Headlines