In the 2022 elections, teachers' groups decried how they were not exempted from a tax raise, effectively reducing their take-home pay for manning the polls.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Elections disclosed on Saturday, January 21, that its readjusted budget for the conduct of the long-delayed barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections will not provide for an increase in the honoraria of electoral boards.
The additional funding is significantly smaller than the P10 billion that the Comelec had said it needed in order to pay for the additional costs incurred by the rescheduling of the polls from December 2022.
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