Extra P73M budget to cover City Hall bonuses
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the additional P20,000 Christmas bonus for employees of Cebu City Hall will be partly released before Dec. 25.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the additional P20,000 Christmas bonus for employees of Cebu City Hall will be partly released before Dec. 25.

With Cebu City Hall’s employees assured of receiving a P20,000 Christmas bonuses, even if only half is released before the year ends, it’s only fair that the city’s senior citizens get some financial joy as well.

He may well be the Grinch who stole Christmas for a lot of government employees, but Budget Secretary Florencio Abad on Monday had to clarify that only government those workers who rendered exceptional service this year would be entitled to the performance-based bonus (PBB) announced by Malacañang on Friday.
What could be a bigger treat on top of the customary Christmas bonus and 13th-month pay than what awaits government employees this yearend?
SOME Christmas cheer is in store for Cebu City Hall employees. The City Council passed a resolution asking Mayor Michael Rama to approve a P15,000 Christmas bonus for each regular ad casual employee on or before Dec. 15. “Kanindot ana. Merry Christmas kaayo (This is good, it’s a Merry Christmas). This is good because all [...]

Two senators have filed separate bills allowing a greater number of Filipino workers to enjoy their Christmas bonuses and 13th month pay tax-free.

It’s a Christmas miracle. Teachers in several parts of the country have received their P10,000 cash gift from the government well before Christmas, unlike in other years when they had to wait well into the new year before seeing a centavo.
Contrary to the earlier report Tuesday, the Department of Education says there’s no delay in the release of government teachers’ annual Christmas bonus.
Once more, there will be a delay in the release of government teacher’s annual Christmas bonus, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said Tuesday.
While grateful for the bonus, the teachers’ group Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) said it hoped the government would deviate from tradition and release their P10,000 Christmas incentive on time this year.

President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday announced that the national government would give P10,000 in additional holiday bonus to each of the 1.17 million civil servants, including those hired on temporary, casual or contractual basis.
President Benigno Aquino III announced Thursday a P10,000 additional holiday bonus for 1.67 million government employees.