Makati teachers, cops, jail guards, firemen get raise

Christmas came early for teachers, policemen, firemen and jail guards in Makati City with the enactment of four ordinances granting them a P500-increase in their monthly allowances.

The raise will be applied retroactively starting October 1, according to the ordinances approved by the city council on October 25 and signed a week later by Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay.

In a statement on Thursday, Binay described the additional allowance as an early Christmas gift to national government employees serving in the city.

“The national government employees serving in Makati are our partners in progress and development,” he said. “Granting them additional allowances is our way of expressing our appreciation for their dedication and service to the people who live, work, shop or do business in Makati.”

According to the city government, 3,050 Makati public school teachers will each receive a retroactive allowance increase totaling P1,500 in the last quarter of the year.

Meanwhile, 585 Philippine National Police personnel, 271 employees of the Bureau of Fire Protection and 147 jail personnel who are posted in the city will also receive P1,500 each as additional allowance for the October-December period.

The total increase worth P6.09 million will be taken from the 2012 executive budget of the Office of the Mayor, under the fund created to assist national offices.

Officials of the Department of Education, PNP, BJMP and BFP are currently getting a P3,000 monthly allowance each, while rank-and-file personnel are receiving P2,500 each per month.

Court employees, judges and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) officers and employees also receive allowances from City Hall.

The city government also provides logistical support such as fire trucks, police cars and ammunition to the concerned agencies.—Niña Calleja