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According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer (posted yesterday night), citing reports from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Cebu and Davao teachers were told by their superiors to pay for the cash cards and wait for almost two months before they can get their honorarium.
Per the PDI report, “The Department of Education (DepEd) said it made an arrangement with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) so that the teachers could get their election honoraria and allowances on time through their Landbank payroll accounts or through cash cards that would be mailed to …
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With about 1,000 voters per BEI, longer travel, unresolved technical PCOS problems, heightened security risks, and other issues related to election service, teachers and DepEd employees deputized by the COMELEC for the 2013 polls demand:
1. honorarium higher than P4,000, which was reduced by P300 from the honorarium during 2010 elections, to compensate for the heavier workload due to precinct clustering and longer travel to their places of assignment;
2. more effective measures by the PNP and law enforcement agencies to ensure their physical security;
3. legal protection from DepEd extending even after the elections, to cover the defense of poll workers against political harassment through criminal and administrative cases; and
4. increased insurance coverage, even better, and hazard pay.
“Hindi natin matatawaran ang papel ng teachers even in automated elections, kaya dapat lang bigyan sila ng karampatang compensation.” -ACT TEACHERS Party-List Rep. Antonio Tinio
