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PAY HIKE OF TEACHERS, GOV’T EMPLOYEES TOP MY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA – GO

Senator-elect Bong Go laid down his priority bills for the Filipino people once he is seated in the Senate, with the increase of public school teachers’ salaries on top. Go bared his plan to increase the salary of public-school teachers after the implementation of the fourth and final tranche of their compensation adjustment in 2019 […]

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IMPROVE MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS – TOLENTINO

Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair and administration Senate bet Francis Tolentino on Sunday said that if given the chance to serve as a senator, one of his urgent priorities would be to “improve and escalate the benefits of teachers “way more than what they are receiving right now.” “We need to talk more […]

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LOWER OPTIONAL RETIREMENT AGE OF TEACHERS TO 55 – ANGARA

While instruction time is officially six hours a day, most teachers work much longer hours doing multiple tasks at school. They even have duties during vacation months and even beyond the classroom and school premises. It is in this context that Senator Sonny Angara wants to lower the optional retirement age of public school teachers […]

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PAY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WELL – ANGARA

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said government should pay teachers better if it wants to improve the quality of education in public schools. “Quality education begins with quality teachers. And to have good quality teachers in our public schools we need to pay them well,” Angara said, as he reiterated his appeal to the government to […]

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I WILL PUSH FOR THE INCREASE OF SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS – GO

Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go has vowed to push for an increase in the salaries of public school teachers if given a Senate seat. “The increase of the salaries of teachers was already promised by the President during the convention of school principals in Davao City,” Go said as he recalled President […]

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IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PUBLIC TEACHERS – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for wide-ranging reforms to improve the quality of life of public school teachers, which he said, would lead to a better quality of education in the country. Speaking before the “Araw ng mga Guro” celebration in Quezon Province, Angara promised to prioritize in his legislative agenda the needs of the […]

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SALARY HIKE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO HAPPEN WITHIN DUTERTE’S TERM – GO

Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said he would remind President Rodrigo Duterte about the latter’s promise to increase the salaries of public school teachers. Go, however, said public school teachers will have to wait for the completion of the four-year salary standardization next year. “At present, they have salary standardization that ends on […]