P50K base pay lures nursing graduate to PNP
TACLOBAN CITY—The promise of a basic pay of up to P50,000 a month is luring graduates of courses not related to fighting crimes to enter the police force.
This is the case of Cybil Castil, 27 and a nursing graduate, who is now training to become a policeman.
The prospect of earning P50,000 a month as a police officer 1 has drawn Castil to the police force. “It’s bigger than what an ordinary nurse like me can earn in a month,” said Castil.
A nurse receives a monthly pay of P18,000 in a public hospital and P9,000 in private facilities.
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has promised to increase police salaries from P50,000 for PO1 to P300,000 for a chief superintendent.
The current monthly pay of a PO1 is only P14,800.
Article continues after this advertisementChief Supt. Jose Erwin Villacorte, acting Eastern Visayas police director, said the promised pay hike would help in the recruitment of new officers. Joey A. Gabieta, Inquirer Visayas
