Bontoc LGU ups Day Care workers’ pay

By Alpine L. Killa

BONTOC, Mountain Province – The Bontoc government has increased honoraria of child development workers of this capital town this year.

Municipal Budget Officer Aida Lingbanan bared this during the municipal peace and order council meeting on March 20 at Barangay Alab.   

According to Social Welfare Officer III Araceli Shane Bayanos of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, CDWs now receive monthly honoraria of P3,700 each from P3, 200 monthly honoraria they received the past year.

“An amount of P500.00 was added to the monthly honoraria given by the municipal government to the CDWs in the 16 barangays of Bontoc,” Bayanos said.

There are 29 CDWs in Bontoc with four under plantilla position of the MSWDO while 25 are receiving honoraria from the Bontoc LGU and barangay government counterpart.

For school year 2018-2019, there were 582 Day Care children enrolled in the Child Development Centers in the municipality.

Mayor Franklin Odsey said the municipal government has always been supportive of the social and education sectors.

“We recognized the hard work of our Day Care Workers who are in the front line in bringing quality education in their respective barangays. Thus, it is fitting to increase their honoraria as an incentive for all their hard work,” Odsey said. 

The mayor added the increase in the honoraria given to CDWs was due to harmonious alliance between the chief executive and the legislative in the improvement and implementation of government’s program for a progressive Bontoc.