{"id":119422,"date":"2017-09-26T01:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T05:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=119422"},"modified":"2017-09-26T01:50:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T05:50:07","slug":"govt-employees-to-get-p6k-ootd-allowance-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/26\/govt-employees-to-get-p6k-ootd-allowance-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t employees to get P6K \u2018OOTD\u2019 allowance in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The annual clothing allowance of 1.12 million civilian national government employees will increase to P6,000 next year from the current P5,000, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said yesterday.<\/p>\n

Described as the \u201ccivil servants\u2019 OOTD\u201d or official outfit of the day, the P1, 000 hike for the allowance will require P1.12 billion a year and will raise the total budget for clothing allocation to P6.71 billion, as indicated in the proposed 2018 national budget.<\/p>\n

However, the amount is intended for merely civilian employees and does not cover clothing supplied to soldiers, policemen, firemen, and other uniformed personnel.<\/p>\n

Recto said the annual clothing allowance of a policeman, fireman and jail guard, whose agencies are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), is about P14,000.<\/p>\n

The joint uniform budget of the DILG and for the Army, Navy, Air Force servicemen, under the Department of National Defense (DND), will reach P3.38 billion next year.<\/p>\n

In total, the government will disburse P10.09 billion for the uniform and clothing overheads of its civilian and uniformed workforces next year.<\/p>\n

“‘Yung P10 billion, hindi pa kasama ang clothing allowance ng mga empleyado ng local governments and government corporations [In the P10 billion, the clothing allowance of the employees of local governments and government corporations are not yet included],” Recto said.<\/p>\n

Recto added that the budget for the official attire of national government employees is three times higher than the budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT).<\/p>\n

“Sa official apparel pa lamang ng national government employees, ang gagastahin ay three times the annual budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT) [In the official apparel of the national government employees alone, the spendings will be three times the annual budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT)],” the senator said.<\/p>\n

Under present rules, clothing allowances in an agency are shared and the uniforms bought in bulk. However, in some cases, allowances are given directly to employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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