DAVAO del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib announced that all employees of the Provincial Capitol will be receiving their year-end bonus and cash gift.
This was announced by Jubahib in a video message posted on Monday, November 14, where all employees, including regular, contractual, or casual who started their employment tenure on July 4 this year.
"Gipangitaan nato og paagi nga mahatag ang angay nga madawat sa atong mga bayaning alagad sa katawhan subay sa opinyon sa (We are finding ways to provide what our dedicated public servants deserve, in accordance with the opinion of the) Department of Budget and Management," the governor said.
In addition, he said they are preparing the necessary documents for the employees to receive their advance "Christmas gift" in time for the holidays.
He did not specify how much will be given, and if it would vary per employment status.
Meanwhile, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said in a press release the same day that regular government personnel are set to receive their year-end bonus and cash gift starting Tuesday, November 15.
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said the year-end bonus is equivalent to one-month basic pay as of Oct. 31 while the cash gift will be P5,000.
“The release of the year-end bonus and cash gift is provided under our GAA [General Appropriations Act] for this year. For sure, many of our fellow government workers have been looking forward to this,” Pangandaman said.
For qualified uniformed personnel in the different national government agencies, the total budget for the grant of the year-end bonus is over P56 billion.
On the other hand, the total appropriations for the grant of the cash gift under the 2022 GAA are P8.6 billion.
The rules and regulations on the grant of the year-end bonus and cash gift are provided under DBM Budget Circular (BC) No. 2016-4 dated April 28, 2016.
Under the said rules, the year-end bonus and cash gift will be given to regular government personnel who have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four months of service from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31 this year.
Personnel who remain to be in government service as of October 31 this year are also entitled to receive the year-end bonus and cash gift. RGL