Masbate employees may have to return fat bonuses
By Jonas Cabiles SoltesLast December, about 900 employees of the provincial government of Masbate had reason to have an abundant holiday when each of them received P41,000 as a Christmas bonus.
Last December, about 900 employees of the provincial government of Masbate had reason to have an abundant holiday when each of them received P41,000 as a Christmas bonus.
The Ombudsman has charged Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David with graft for replacing the chief of the agency’s intelligence division despite orders from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Department of Justice to reinstate the latter.
Stressing its “commitment to the pursuit of excellence,” the Department of Public Works and Highways plans to hire the best and the brightest young civil engineers in the country.
If a senator is free to do what he wishes with a P1.6-million bonus from the Senate’s savings, a clerk at the Department of Agriculture will be asked to refund any bonus from his agency’s savings.
Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson has expressed disappointment over the failure of many DPWH engineers and projects managers in passing the agency’s first-ever “promotional examinations.”
Some 1.2 million employees of the national government will get their P5,000 productivity bonus as early as Dec. 14, according to Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad.
About 500 people in Pantabangan town, many of them relatives and supporters of employees of the town government, staged a protest rally on Monday to press for payment of the salaries and other benefits of the government workers.
A tabloid reporter has sued Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, three city officials and several department heads at the Ombudsman for Luzon for supposed violations of the antigraft law when the city government hired 2,506 personnel through job orders.
Only the Civil Service Commission (CSC) may resolve questions on appointments to the National Museum, according to the chairman of the institution’s board of trustees.
The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate reinstatement of a Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) official who was sacked in 2009 for alleged grave misconduct.
How do you rationalize a government incentive system characterized by across-the-board bonuses given in equal measure to all civil servants?
Government expenses for personal services, including salaries and benefits of those working for national agencies, increased by 7.6 percent to P212 billion in the first five months of 2012.
Employees at the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) main office in Intramuros, Manila, have been ordered not to hang out in nearby restaurants during office hours following reports that such places were the venue for “fixing” transactions.
