MANILA, Philippines—Amid a flurry of complaints from retired military, police and other uniformed personnel, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is pitching a supplemental budget to Congress this year to pay over P34 billion in pension adjustments due three years ago.
In an online interview on Tuesday (Feb. 2), Budget Secretary Wendel E. Avisado said the legislature was amenable to passing supplemental appropriations to fund the unpaid pension differentials for 2018.
In 2018, Congress Joint Resolution No. 1 implemented a higher base pay for military and uniformed personnel which, in turn, also jacked up the amounts of pension that retirees were suppo…
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