After more than a decade of withholding the release of COLA or Cost of Living Allowance of teachers, DepEd said last Friday that it would finally release it.
My mother is one of the thousands of teachers awaiting their Back-COLa which is long overdue. According to my mother and her co-teachers, the COLA that they would be receiving, if DepEd would really release it, would amount to no less than 100,000 pesos! That's a lot of money for teachers who receive really low salaries. yet, this is just one of the woes of teachers in the Philippines.
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Yet this is just one of the woes of being a teacher here in the Philippines.
I really pity our teachers here. They are the most underpaid professionals despite the fact that they are the ones who are molding up the future of this country. The 3000 peso wage increase that they have been lobbying ever since is neglected by the government.
I have once seen the payslip of my mother and I'm quite surprised to find a lot of deductions from their salary. Most are loans but one thing that rages me are the deductions that goes to GSIS or Government Service Insurance System amounting to more than a thousand pesos. Yet, when a teacher asks for a salary or emergency loan from GSIS, you have to wait a few months or even years to get it processed.
Lately, I have been accompanying my mother to GSIS main office in Pasay. And God, service is really bad. You have to wait for an hour or two for your name to be called. And what again made me angry is the fact that they would REQUIRE their pensionaires to go to their office for 'personal appearance' even though you are sick. During that particular day, I have seen two old men in wheelchair that looks like dying and an old lady brought in a stretcher.
And the 'palakasan' system is still there. You can get to process your documents fast if you know someone from inside. Just make a call and your document would be approved right away.
Wala talagang awa ang GSIS. Perang pinaghirapan na ng mga kawani ng pamahalaan ang kukunin nila tapos papahirapan pa din sila hanggang sa mamatay na sila.
And GSIS keeps on boasting that they are not bankrupt. They've got lots of investments and deposits in the treasury. Yet, why the slow process? And why there's a lot of red tape? Isn't it a sign that GSIS is slowly losing its funds because of mismanagement or corruption? (e.g. buying of Luna paintings, attempt to takeover Meralco, filing of libel cases against journalists, campaign contribution to GMA's presidential bid, etc.)
Yet, Winston Garcia is still there.
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I just hope that when my mother is already retired, he would no longer be there and suffer the same fate GSIS members experienced.
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philippines is a real bad case...from governance to attitude. I am a Pinoy too but i have seen how it is.. nakakasukang gobyerno pati na din yung ugali ng karamihan... only looks at money...
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