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MANILA, Philippines – State-owned Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has removed illegal allowances its employees receive, effectively reducing the salary of its drivers to P38,000 a month from as high as P97,000 before.
MWSS Chair Ramon Alikpala said in a statement on Wednesday, August 15 that this move to cut fat pay is part of their reform efforts.
“We had to comply with the COA (Commission on Audit) findings,” Alikpala said.
The MWSS chair added that all employees, including drivers, had car plans with subsidy and with minimal interest. This benefit has also been removed by the MWSS.
He also said some allowances were reduced, such as the daily meal allowance. It was reduced to P3 a day from P150 per day per person.
Smear campaign
Unfortunately, Alikpala said that a number of employees have expressed their dissatisfaction with the actions of the MWSS board.
“In doing so we have become the target of a smear campaign,” he said, citing the employees’ reported claim that management hired more than 400 consultants and paid them retroactively.
He explained that the board hired less than 30 consultants who are paid for actual services. Alikpala added that 162 foresters were also hired to monitor the Ipo watershed and these were approved by the Department of Budget and Management.
“We won’t stop cleaning up the house. Our reform efforts will continue,” said the chair of the water regulator.
“We are putting a stop to the days of excess, and we are getting strong opposition from those who have become so used to them,” Alikpala said. – Rappler.com
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