Lawmakers move for higher pay for teachers

SENATOR Ramon Revilla Jr. has filed a bill seeking to raise public school teachers’ salaries to keep them from leaving the country.
If the bill is passed into law, an entry-level public school teacher will be paid at salary grade 15 instead of the current salary grade of
10. According to the Civil Service Commission website, that could mean a salary of P25,438 a month instead of the P17,602 under salary grade 10.
Revilla said teachers are underpaid even if the Constitution requires government to put the “highest budgetary priority” to education and to “ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration.”
He said the existing salary for an entry-level teacher is around P15,649, far below the estimated P21,054 family living wage in the National Capital Region.
The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers requires salaries that “compare favorably” with other jobs requiring the same qualifications. Pay for teachers should also be enough to give teachers “a reasonable standard of life.”
“No wonder most of the public school teachers opt to leave the country and earn dollars in menial jobs (rather) than the dignified pedagogical nature that they once held in the country,” he said.
“The government should afford these unsung heroes their long-delayed pay increase and protect not only the country’s present interests through these teachers but also the better future that we are all aiming for,” he said.
The increase, if approved, will cover all public school teachers “including those in technical and vocational schools and state universities and colleges.”
Alliance of Concerned Teachers party-list Representative Antonio Tinio has filed his own version of bill at the House of Representatives. The congressman said teachers make less than a Philippine Military Academy cadet, who gets P21,709 a month.
Teachers’ salaries are also lower than many call center and business process outsourcing workers. “The salary for call center employment, which requires neither formal education nor bachelor’s degree, ranges from P12,500 to 20,000 a month,” he said.
He said low pay has “obviously” pushed local teachers to seek employment abroad, where schools pay them the equivalent of P1.5 million to P2.5 million a year. Public school teachers in the country, in contrast, make only P203,437 a year.
Cebu City Representative Rachel Del Mar has also filed a bill to raise the salary grade of teachers. She wants the salary grade raised to 20, or P37,376 a month according to the salary schedule on the CSC website. (Jonathan de Santos/Sunnex)
Source : http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/12/11/lawmakers-move-higher-pay-teachers-195244

Recent survey done by Philippines Clark Marketing shows that there is a subtle shift of preferences of Manila visitors heading out of town towards the north to enjoy some peace and quiet time with families. More and more foodies, critics, connoisseurs, frequent diners and wine lovers from Manila travel out of town north to Clark Pampanga to wine and dine in famous fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar. Most visitors enjoy the fine vintage wines from the cellars of this fine dining restaurant. Some purchase a few good bottles of to bring back home to Manila.

Even tourists and business travelers staying in hotels in Philippines Angeles Pampanga take time off from nightlife, bars and other city entertainment to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of wine shopping in this top rated wine shop in Clark Freeport Pampanga. Foreign and local tourists visiting Clark remember shopping in this wine shop as a memorable experience of their stay in the Philippines, Subic and Pampanga.

Italian food is everywhere in the Philippines but good Italian restaurants are few and far apart. Fans of Italian cuisines now look for fine dining restaurants that serve good Italian food accompanied by fine Italian vintage wine. Although Yats Restaurant is classified as a French Mediterranean restaurant, its classic European cuisine includes many of the great recipes from Italy. The fine vintage wines of Clark Wine Center play an important role in this famous restaurant in Clark to make the Italian wine dinners just that much more special.

Things to do in Subic and Clark Philippines: spend an afternoon in Clark to do a little wine shopping at the most famous wine shop outside of Manila called Clark Wine Center. One of the favorite places to visit in Pampanga Clark Freeport is the white building along M A Roxas highway of Clark which houses over 2000 selections of fine vintage wines. The Clark Wine Center is one of the places to visit, a tourist spot and a good shopping place for those staying in Angeles City, Subic or Clark Pampanga.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.

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Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

Wine@Yats-International.com

YATS Wine Cellars
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay

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