MANILA, PHILIPPINES – President Benigno Aquino III, congressmen, senators and Cabinet members granted themselves\u00a0 huge salary increase, which includes a 233-percent hike to almost P400,000 a month for Aquino, while teachers, soldiers, and nurses would only receive 11 to 12 percent of salary increase or P24 a day.<\/p>\n
Rep. Antonio Tinio reopened the debates on the proposed bill on Salary Standardization Law to discuss amendment to make the salary increases for teachers, nurses and soldiers fair.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIncreases given to the rank and file were an insult especially to the teachers, nurses, police, soldiers, and other professionals, Tinio said.<\/span><\/p>\n The SSL bill is now on the third reading and the House announce that it would be most likely to be approved this week.<\/span><\/p>\n The bill was approved on the second reading before the Congress suspends its sessions during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation week.<\/span><\/p>\n The SSL 2015 will increase the basic salaries of teachers and nurses by only P2, 205 for four years, which will be the lowest salary rate under Aquino\u2019s SSL 2015, ranging from 11 percent to\u00a0 <\/span>22 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe salary increases for top officials will run to as high as 186.<\/p>\n