Cash gift from LGUs this Christmas: Sorry no more according to Pres. Pinoy
Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 10:42 PM
Just when many teachers are not so happy with President Pinoy's cash gift, from ten thousand (P10,000) to five or six thousand if your salary has reached P30,000, here is another President Pinoy's order to LGUs not to give cash gift to teachers who are nationally paid. Definitely Malacanang knows how hard times are and any additional cash gift will be a welcome one. There seems to be a desire to straighten the way especially those which have been taken lightly by agencies. Perhaps the administration should move a little bit more humanely. If the salaries are all enough for the teachers' needs then they are sure to accept these drastic changes. President Pinoy: a little allowance in the spirit of Christmas. Give proper information and prepare the people well ahead of time. As of now we signed to accept what is due but anything beyond P30,000 will be subject to withholding tax. A Christmas bonus is a bonus because it is an indirect way of saying thank you for a job well done so if it is a bonus let it be free from tax. It is like giving it but taking it back some other way.
Another sad point is the Collective Negotiating Agreement: if before savings of the institution get back bigger than 50% now DBM will retain 20% and 30% for another purpose and to be given back is only 50%. Again, at a time when the spirit of giving and sharing should e the embracing spirit in the season of love: the people for whom all the government efforts are directed are the very same people who will benefit. Why? Why? Why?
Some teachers advance that perhaps the legal status of our President as single is a factor why he cannot fathom the real situation of married couples and other breadwinners. Then the fact that he was born rich makes him less sensitive to what the real score is in the day to day financial struggle that families have to address. Does the President know how much take home pay every teacher really takes home? We make fun of the favorite tour country every teacher visit: London (which really refers to Loan Doon, Loan Dito) so the so-called payslip testifies to the payments spread out to so many loan "doon" loan "dito" so the deduction takes almost the entire salary and the meager amount placed under net income is painful to look at and how far it can go.
Cash gift from LGUs this Christmas: Sorry no more according to President Pinoy is ill-advised. Teachers however, by virtue of their being teachers, feel badly but somehow manage to smile and say Well - - - that's life, "parang buhay". . . "Weather weather" lang yan.
May this blog reach the eyes of those concerned.
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Anonymous said...
Maawa k nmn mr.pres. mababa na nga ang sweldo nmn ipgkkait mo pa ang bonus nmin. Pls iblik mo sa 10k
.ngmmakaawa kmi. Hindi kmi mayayaman pra bwasan mo pa.
December 20, 2012 at 4:33 AM