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N. Vizcaya workers to get P30,000 Xmas bonus
BY JOAN CAPUNA

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – More than 800 permanent provincial government employees here are set to receive P30,000 each in economic relief assistance as part of he year-end benefits they will be receiving this year, the highest among the region’s give provinces.

Dominick Ruam, president of the Nueva Vizcaya provincial government employees association, said an appropriation ordinance has been passed by the provincial board for this purpose.

The ordinance stipulates that contractual employees will also receive P10,000 each while the provincial government will provide the same amount of ERA to regional trial court judges and lawyers of the Public Attorney’s Office and the provincial prosecutors office in recognition o0f their role in the dispensation of justice here.

“This appropriation ordinance is only awaiting the signature of the governor,” Ruam said. The provincial board-passed ordinance is expected to be formally signed by Gov. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma next week or before the Christmas program of the provincial government on Dec. 21.
The P30,000 ERA is besides the regularly given bonuses provided by the provincial government to its employees, like 13th monthly pay, clothing allowance and other benefits as mandated by law.