ACT to gov’t: Release benefits to DepEd workers

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers has called on the Duterte government to immediately release the benefits due to education workers following the devastation of typhoon Odette.

ACT Secretary General Raymond Basilio urged President Rodrigo Duterte to swiftly order the grant of Service Recognition Incentive 2021 (SRI 2021) worth P10,000 to all government workers, and the release of Performance-based Bonus 2020 (PBB 2020) to Department of Education employees, especially to those in the provinces that were hardly hit by the typhoon.

“The slow and dismal government response to the victims of typhoon Odette brings more gloom to lives of our people at this otherwise joyous time. Aid is urgently needed and the least Pres. Duterte can do for teachers and education support personnel is to direct the release of benefits that already have fund sources,” Basilio said.

Basilio said Duterte has yet to issue an administrative order for the grant of SRI, a year-end benefit granted to all government employees since 2019, sourced from the savings of each agency.

The release of DepEd’s PBB for the year 2020 remains pending with the AO 25 Task Force who reviews the performance of each government agency.

“Everyday that the government fails to respond to the needs of our people, they suffer from lack of shelter, food and drinking water. It is downright unacceptable that this government is not mobilizing enough to swiftly get aid through to those who need them the most,” expressed Basilio.

Basilio lambasted Duterte’s earlier pronouncement that there are no more resources to fund calamity aid and the best he can do is to mobilize his office’s budget.

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