Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte bade farewell to city government workers today — but not without leaving them with an early Christmas gift.
“I’d like to end this by just making you a little bit happy, ” Duterte said as he wrapped up his 50-minute message — his last as city mayor — during the flag-raising ceremony at Davao City Hall today.
“Plantilla (regular workers) will receive P10,000 worth of educational assistance,” he announced.
There are a total of 2,487 plantilla employees in the Davao City government. The 10,000-plus job order and other workers, or their part, will receive P4,000 each in educational assistance.
All in all, the assistance amounts to around P65 million.
Duterte said members of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) and Task Force Davao will also receive P10,000 cash assistance from the city government.
The cash assistance was the last treat Duterte gave to city government workers. He will take his oath as President of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30.
Erwin Alparaque, head of the Human Resource and Development Office, said the assistance will come from the salary savings drawn from personnel services. He said the Local Finance Committee issued a memorandum two weeks ago allowing the release of funding for educational assistance for city goverment workers.
Outgoing city administrator Jesus Melchor V. Quitain said the assistance will be released any time now.
“We have the money,” he said.
Source: Mindanation
