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Order hiking minimum wage by P5 in Region 2 takes effect

TUGUEGARAO CITY -- The wage order issued by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Cagayan Valley took effect effective last week.

The order increases the minimum daily wage of workers in the region by P5.

The National Wages and Productivity Commission said the wage earners now get a daily basic pay of between P203 and P223 with the new minimum wage rate in Cagayan Valley.

NWPC Director Ciriaco Lagunzad said the minimum wage workers in Isabela, Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Batanes and cities of Tuguegarao, Cauayan and Santiago are entitled to the mandated wage increase.

Under Wage Order No. II-12, workers in the non-agriculture sector in Isabela and Cagayan receive the P5 increase which brings to P223 and P220 their daily pay, respectively, from P218 and P215 set in the previous wage order.

In the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Batanes, the new daily minimum wage in non-agriculture sector is adjusted to P215 and P216.

Agricultural workers covered by the wage order were granted a minimum salary between P203 and P211 a day in all the provinces of Region II.

Under another category, the RTWPBC Cagayan Valley granted a lower wage hiked to those working in the retail and service sector employing not more than 10 workers. The salary rate ranges from P180 to P188 a day. -- RA