SENATE Majority Leader Joel Villanueva renewed his call for the government to provide security of tenure by absorbing qualified workers hired under temporary arrangements., This news data comes from:http://jbabwij.xs888999.com
The senator was referring to job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) employees, considering that there are available plantilla positions in their respective organizations.
He made the appeal during the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) presentation of the 2026 National Expenditure Program before the Senate Committee on Finance on Monday.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
Villanueva expressed alarm at the steady rise of “endo” (end of contract) workers in government, reaching 939,771 JOs and COS workers in 2024. This figure was on top of the estimated 2 million permanent positions in government.
”Despite raising this concern every year for the past nine years, this practice is still ongoing,” Villanueva said.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman assured Villanueva that the DBCC is prioritizing providing plantilla positions to qualified JOs and COS employees in the implementation of the recently signed law on optimizing the bureaucracy.
- Motive probed for US church shooting that killed 2 children, injured 17
- Lacson to Marcoleta: I don’t want a fight but I won’t back down from one
- Isko files raps over demolition of sports complex
- Marcos halts flood control budget; new commission to investigate expected 'in 48 hours'
- Tourists dice with danger on Hanoi's train street
- Protesters storm Discaya office in Pasig to demand accountability for 'ghost flood control projects'
- Sarah Discaya grilled by Senate over alleged DPWH links
- Former DPWH chief denies links to corruption
- US strike marks shift to military action against drug cartels
- More funding sought for sports commission
