ANGELES CITY – “Yung administrasyon ni Mayor Pogi, nagpapahalaga sa mga kapakanan ng mga empleyado, lalo na ngayong panahon ng krisis.”
This was what Flordeliza Santos, President of the Angeles City Employees for a New and Dynamic Angeles (AGENDA), said after the release of mid-year bonus to 1,316 employees – 980 permanent, 321 casual, and 15 contractual –Yesterday Monday, May 18.
Mayor Lazatin released Memorandum No. 670, Series of 2020, on April 29 to immediately compute and prepare the mid-year bonus of City Government employees, amounting to P32,542,594.
“Kahit po humaharap tayo ngayon sa panahon ng krisis, hindi niya pa rin po nakakalimutan ang mga empleyado,” Santos added.
She also commended Mayor Lazatin for his hard work in this trying time, stating that he is a public servant whom the public can count on.
Meanwhile, Angelica Jane Calma, a casual employee from the Mayor’s Office who received the mid-year bonus for the first time, expressed her gratitude to the administration for releasing the said bonus on time.
The said bonus is equivalent to one-month basic pay and shall be given to entitled personnel not earlier than May 15 of the current year.
The grant of mid-year bonus is in accordance with Republic Act No. 11466 and the National Budget Circular No. 579 issued by Department of Budget and Management (DBM) last January 24.