Government workers to receive ₱5,000 performance bonus — DBM

Airam Limatog 12/19/2025

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A ₱5,000 Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) will be given to qualified government workers for Fiscal Year 2025, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced on Thursday. The DBM said the incentive might…

Mandaue City sees drop in gov’t workers testing positive for drugs

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/31/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The number of city government employees in Mandaue City testing positive for illegal drug use has significantly declined this year. Data from the Substance Abuse Mental Health and Services Office (SAMHSO) show that…

Palace: Gov’t employees can work from home on Holy Wednesday

Luisa Cabato 04/15/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday issued a memorandum allowing government employees to work from home from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Holy Wednesday and suspending work in the afternoon. This was to give them the…

Election ban: City Hall seeks Comelec nod for Charter Day bonus

Pia Piquero 03/29/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia vowed to seek an exemption from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow the release of the Charter Day bonus for city government employees despite the election ban. In…

Gov’t workers to get extra cash this December

Julie Aurelio 12/15/2024

Government employees, military and uniformed personnel can look forward to slightly fatter pockets in time for the holidays after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  gave the go-signal for the payout of a one-time bonus not exceeding P20,000. The…

17 government employees arrested in Laguna

Delfin Mallari 06/18/2023

LUCENA CITY – At least 17 elected government officials and employees were arrested by policemen in Laguna province from November 2022 to April 2023 for alleged involvement in illegal drugs and other criminal activities. Laguna police in…

Chua: Gov’t offices can already shift to four-day workweek

Ben O. de Vera 03/17/2022

MANILA, Philippines—To save on gas, the country’s chief economist has urged a shorter workweek, possibly starting with government employees. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua told President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, that amid skyrocketing…

Council wants hazard pay for frontliners, mass testing in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council wants all frontliners serving amidst the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to have hazard pay. Vice Mayor Michael Rama delivered a privilege speech on Wednesday, April 1,…

House approves new round of pay hike for gov’t workers

Patricia Ann V. Roxas - Inquirer.net 12/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed on final reading a bill that would increase the salary of government employees starting January 2020 up to 2023. Via nominal voting, 187 lawmakers approved House Bill…

House panel OKs gov’t workers’ pay hike by 2020; urgent passage sought

Patricia Ann V. Roxas - Inquirer.net 12/16/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The House appropriations committee swiftly approved on Monday the consolidated bill increasing the salary of government employees by 2020. The panel will seek the certification as urgent of House Bill No. 5712 from the…

Mandaue City employees to receive P25,000 bonus on 50th Charter Day

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/31/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—It will be a happy golden anniversary for employees of the Mandaue City government. This is because all employees of the city will receive bonuses and wage differentials in time for the celebration of Mandaue…

Five job order employees at Penro dismissed

Antonette Garciano 07/11/2016

FIVE job order employees of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) were ordered dismissed from service on Monday. Penro legal officer Ace Escolar said the five persons can only be reinstated if they were cleared…

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