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Congress prodded prograrns.T therefore implore

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

on new salary law program and the bills to funher

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
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wirh the ample time to finishtheir I

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

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