DAVAO City — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she could not grant the P4,500 subsidy asked by public school teachers here, saying there is no existing law that would warrant such request.
“There is no basis in law for the Local Government Unit to provide P406 million to DepEd employees. Subsidies to teachers and non-teaching staff of DepEd are also not allowed for Special Education Fund use,” she said.
“To allot P34,000 per year per DepEd employee is impossible for the City Government of Davao,” the local chief executive added.
On Monday, some 100 public school teachers under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Davao City Chapter here attended the Monday’s flag raising ceremony to lobby and hold a dialogue with Mayor Sara Duterte.
But they were frustrated over the police and military’s refusal to allow them from attending the Davao City Hall flag ceremony and lobbying for the increase of local allowances.
Reynaldo Pardillo, president of ACT-Davao City, said they were barred and confronted by a policeman, questioning their plan to attend the ceremony. The policeman told Pardillo’s group that they were “banned from entering the vicinity as ordered by their heads.” (davaotoday.com)
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