COUNTDOWN TO MAY 12. Ballot watchers, lecturers, electoral board members and technical workers from the Division of Schooling conduct the ultimate inspection, testing and sealing of vote-counting machines and different election paraphernalia at Rafael Palma Elementary College in Manila on this file photograph taken on Could 5, 2025, every week earlier than the midyear elections. INQUIRER file photograph / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
MANILA, Philippines — Academics and ballot staff will obtain an throughout the board P2,000 honoraria hike according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s order, the Division of Price range and Administration (DBM) stated on Friday.
“As directed by our beloved President Bongbong Marcos, lastly, our lecturers and ballot staff will obtain a P2,000 throughout the board improve on their compensation for the 2025 midterm elections,” stated DBM chief Amenah Pangandaman in a press release.
Pangandaman stated the brand new honoraria charges for electoral board chairperson might be P12,000 from the P10,000; ballot clerk and third member will now get P11,000 from the earlier P9,000; whereas help workers will now have P8,000 from earlier P6,000.
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DBM famous that the 2025 Basic Appropriations Act earmarked P7.4 billion for ballot employee compensation.
The full variety of ballot staff for the nationwide and native elections at 758,549, in line with DBM, citing Fee on Elections (Comelec) information.
Pangandaman then urged Comelec to make sure that our lecturers and ballot staff will get their compensation as rapidly as potential.
In a associated growth, Palace communications Undersecretary Claire Castro stated Marcos additionally had a directive to launch a 24/7 monitoring middle in a bid to make sure a “clear and trustworthy” midterm elections.
“It is a actual time digital command publish which is able to detect, forestall, and finish on-line misinformation and disinformation,” Castro stated in a daily briefing.
This “warfare room” was launched by the Fee on Elections (Comelec) and the DICT.
Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco stated the Quezon Metropolis-based 24/7 Menace Monitoring Heart of Comelec and DICT with Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Heart, was launched on Monday. /jpv
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