Arroyo signs order granting 10% wage hike to gov’t workers
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed the executive order granting a 10 percent wage increase to all government workers, her spokesman said Thursday.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bune made the announcement Thursday, Labor Day.
The increase, expected to benefit 898,848 national government employees, will cost P9.216 billion, the budget department said.
Meanwhile the adjustment for the 297,905 soldiers, policemen, firemen, jail guards, and Coast Guard personnel will cost the government P2.84 billion, it said.
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed the executive order granting a 10 percent wage increase to all government workers, her spokesman said Thursday.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bune made the announcement Thursday, Labor Day.
The increase, expected to benefit 898,848 national government employees, will cost P9.216 billion, the budget department said.
Meanwhile the adjustment for the 297,905 soldiers, policemen, firemen, jail guards, and Coast Guard personnel will cost the government P2.84 billion, it said.
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