Congress to immediately pass on new salary law Package 2 of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program or the Tra- IUBLIC school rearhers uere not lar lrom rle baho Bill, .which will lradually mind ofPresident Rodrigo Dulerte when he de- lower the corporate income tax, livered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) and rationalize and improve fiscal on Monday as he urged Congress to pass a new incentives, " he said. version ofthe Salary Standardization La!v. He addgd that the measure 'r,?$alaryA2 would energize micro, small and medium enterprises, and encourage them to expand and XSALARY FROM A1 generate jobs. "l am also asking Congress to Congress prodded pass the remaidng packages of my administration's tax reform
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raise excise tax on tobacco and alcohol," the President said. "t believe that it is time for Con- economic managers about doo' He also raised the need to irn- gress to approve a new version of sa sweldo ng mga leachers and prove local government units and ihe Salary'standardization Law. employees (He did not mention rationalize capital income tax. Ngayon ia (Do itnow)," Duterte the P30,000 entry salary and the "l urge Congress to review and told lur.rk"rr. P16,000 for other govenment pass the govemment rightsiz- "And to the teachets, alam employees But we will see what ing bili to configure the existing mo, they toil and worktirelessly the DBM will come out with)"' Metro Manila centric bureaucacy, to educate our young. ,Kasaii sai(' she streamline government Entems in na po ito 'yung hinihiigi ninyo. --utyudoig Meanwhile, Bagong Henera- order to deliver services without Hindi namian *uiu*i syon pany-list ReP Bernadette delay and,within a short timeline"' (They toil and work tireiessly 1s Henera-Dy had also filed at the educate our young. What you House of Representatives alill* the President saidl - - "These reforms will be for are asking foi is i.riluded he.e. seekingto raise the salarygrides naught ifwe cannot avert ofa new It's not tf,at big an amount),' of public school teachers. in poor every tirne a disaster strikes. he said. public elementary and secondary The Philippine experience has . Public school teachers have " schools to Salary Grade l8 fiom shown that natural disasters are been Penistent in their clamor Salary Grade 11, and to raise the poverty oeators, " he continued. for higher pay, complaining that salary grade of non-ttaching 'That is why rd€ n€ed to hasten the they had been left beirind beiause personnel to Salary Grade 9 ftom 1 establishment ofthe Deparnnent of Duterte had doubled the salaries Salary Grade .. Disaster R€siliencq so that this depan- ofsoldiers and police officers. 'By upgrading their present' - ment focus on natuxal hazards and A measure filed byAClTeachers salary grades, wages of public dimate change I ask Congras to fas partyJist Rep. Franie Castro seeks ,school teachers and personnel nadr the pasage of the administra- to Srant salary increase for public will become commensuJate to tion rnrsion'ofthis bill,' he added. sch-ool teachers and other govem- their valuable contdbutions in ment employees. - nation-building Higher salaries He also sought the passage of measures that would cr€ate the Casto said House Bill219 seeks also ensure teachersbnd personnel Department of Water Resources, to give P30,000 pay for Teacher 1. a humane standard of livinp as . the bill that would modernize Castro lauded the President for Jhty tlqott quntg]rygq{q fire prevldntion, and the National including the teachen'concems to cope with the skyrocketing coss Land Use Act. in his SONA. ofcommodiries," Henera-Dysaid. On the other hand, Duterte "That remains to be seen. 1(rsi called on Congress to postpone hindi naman niya sinasabi 'yung Legislative agenda theMay 2020 barangay {Ylllage) kahilingan ng mga teacherc na elections. P30,000 at least, 'rsafta Pl6,000 Duterte, in laying our his legisla- para sa mga government em- . 'This isto rectify the tumcoated i tive agenda, aiso called for tax terms and also to provide them ployees. Pero titignan pa natin ' reforms and the creadon of three I
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kung ano iyong ilalabas ngDBM new dePartments. programs and projects," he said. I (Depanment ofBudget and Man- "We have to pursue tax reforms RE|NA C.TOIENTTNO I
agement), ilalabas ng kanyang to fund our PovertY reduction