PALAY CHECK TECHNOLOGY. This planter in the rice farm of Kagawad Honorio Clemencia in Burayucan, Balong, Tabuk City shows that under the Palay Check, the newest and most comprehensive rice technology being promoted by the government, it is enough to plant one to two plants per hill when planting hybrid rice varieties. This is to avoid waste and also to maximize the tillering capacity of hybrid rice. **Photo by Estanislao Albano Jr.TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Contrary to earlier belief that due to the financial woes it is going through, the Tabuk City LGU will be unable to give the Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) to its employees, the workforce of the LGU received a belated Christmas gift last week.
This was made possible after the LGU realized a savings of P3.7M from the unfilled positions in the LGU plantilla which was consequently realigned by the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) so that it could be given to the employees as PEI.
The PEI granted to Tabuk City employees was however lower than the maximum amount of P10,000.00 authorized by President Benigno Aquino III under Administrative Order No. 3 on November 25, 2010.
The President said that the PEI was “in recognition of their collective participation in said fiscal and operational performance in FY 2010, and to motivate them towards sustained and improved productivity.”
Mayor Ferdinand Tubban and Vice Mayor Darwin Estranero had announced during the City Hall flag ceremony on January 3 that regular and casual employees of the LGU are entitled to P8,000.00 while those hired under job orders are to receive P6,000.00.
Estranero justified granting the PEI to job order employees saying that in the thinking of the SP and of Tubban, “as long as they are working here, they are considered employees of the LGU.”
Estranero also said that the PEI could not be given in time for the holidays because in its desire for employees to enjoy the bonus, the City Budget Office had looked into all possible sources for the PEI and was only able to submit the recommendation of the Local Finance Committee (LFC) to the SP on December 28.
Estranero related that the SP acted favorably on the recommendation of the LFC the following day but by then it was too late to prepare the payroll in time for the employees to enjoy the extra bonus during the holidays.
The Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) made it clear that under Budget Circular No. 2010-3 of the Department of Budget and Management, to be entitled to the P8,000.00 PEI, a regular or casual employee should have been in the service as of November 30, 2010.
The HRMO also said that for job order employees, to be entitled to the full amount of P6,000.00 they must be still in service on November 30, 2010 and must have accumulated four months of service whether broken or continuous as of that time.
Under the guidelines, employees who have rendered less than four months of service as of November 30, 2010, shall also be entitled to the PEI on pro-rated basis.
The Tabuk City LGU has been beset with financial difficulties on account of the reversion of its internal revenue allotment from that of a city to that of a municipality on June 2009.**By Estanislao Albano, Jr.
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