MANILA, Philippines – Another lawmaker is pushing for the salary increase of public school teachers in the Philippines.
Senator Loren Legarda has filed Senate Bill 2351 which seeks to increase teachers’ monthly minimum pay from P18,549 ($425*) to P25,000 ($573).
“This bill aims to raise the salary of public school teachers and its non-teaching personnel to ensure that the State fulfills its responsibility of ensuring adequate compensation for teachers and to prevent our competent and efficient educators from leaving the country for […]
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a proposed measure seeking to increase the minimum salary of public school teachers and non-teaching personnel.
Under Senate Bill No. 2351, Legarda proposed that the present minimum salary of public school teachers in the elementary and secondary schools be upgraded from P18,549 to P25,000 a month. The salaries of those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly.
Meanwhile, the minimum salary of non-teaching personnel, who provides support to teachers, will be increased from P9,000 to P15,000 per […]
Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for the restoration of Gabaldon school buildings in the country not only as part of heritage conservation but also to reuse them for their original purpose as places of learning.
Legarda said that the Gabaldon school houses, like the heritage houses built during the Spanish period, speak much about the nation’s history.
“The success of the restoration of these structures can promote the concept of heritage conservation especially in the provinces where these built heritage […]
MANILA — Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday stressed the importance of forging stronger partnerships with international police organizations to combat proliferation of cybersex trafficking.
Legarda said the crime has degraded family values as parents themselves sell their own children online.
“We need to find more ways to immediately combat cybersex because evidently, it is affecting the very core of our society, which is the family,” Legarda said.
”Parents are supposed to teach their children good values, but why are there mothers and fathers […]
AN ACT INCREASING THE MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000) AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000)
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (8/13/2014)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SBN-2351
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SBN-2351 (as filed)
