MANILA, Philippines— The government may tap its Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) to pay the salary differentials of nurses affected by the Department of Budget and Management’s controversial circular.
Senate Minority Franklin D. Drilon said this on Tuesday, lamenting the “injustice” caused by DBM’s Circular No. 2020-4, which raised entry-level nurse wages but effectively demoted them at the same time.
Malacaang has already reversed the circular but a group of nurses at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is asking the government to pay at least P43 million to 823 nurses holding Nurse II positions who did not get their pay for 18 months.
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