MANILA, Philippines—With no choice but to comply, more than 100 teachers on Sibuyan Island, Romblon, on Saturday made the long trip to the province's main island, chipping in for the P80,000 boat rental, to enroll in the Department of Education's (DepEd) automated payroll system.
Nazarine Romano, principal at Don Carlos Mejias Municipal High School in San Fernando town on the island, renewed the teachers' appeal for any government service bank to install an automated teller machine (ATM) on Sibuyan.
This would spare the teachers the from risks and the expense of having to cross the Sibuyan Sea just to get their wages — a trip that in good weather takes at least six hours one way.
“We are asking the DepEd to please facilitate the installation of an ATM in San Fernando,” Romano told the Inquirer on Saturday.
He corresponded with the Inquirer via text while on the long sea trip to Odiongan town on Tablas Island, where the 110 teachers had arranged to go to the local Land Bank branch on a weekend to open ATM accounts to receive their salaries. An earlier batch of teachers had left Sibuyan on Friday for Tablas, Romano said.
Special boat trips
As the regular trip from San Fernando to Odiongan usually takes several rides by land and sea, the teachers arranged for special direct boat trips, renting two boats for about P750 per passenger to cover the P80,000 fee for both boats.
The regular route, which includes long jeepney and boat rides, costs at least P1,000 both ways, said former San Fernando Mayor Nanette Tansingco.
The DepEd had long been pushing to automate its payroll system using ATMs to pay the wages of 600,000 employees nationwide. This saves the government the cost of printing and sending out paychecks of P6 a piece.
Regional finance officers for Region IV-B (Mimaropa) have explained that consultations with DepEd personnel on Sibuyan had been held and they promised to facilitate the installation of an ATM on the island.
“The DepEd can save P6 per employee every month, but an ordinary teacher has to spend hundreds just to get their salary,” said Romano.
Tansingco said Sibuyan residents had long been appealing for government banks to establish a presence on the island.
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Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Nazarine Romano, principal at Don Carlos Mejias Municipal High School in San Fernando town on the island, renewed the teachers' appeal for any government service bank to install an automated teller machine (ATM) on Sibuyan.
This would spare the teachers the from risks and the expense of having to cross the Sibuyan Sea just to get their wages — a trip that in good weather takes at least six hours one way.
“We are asking the DepEd to please facilitate the installation of an ATM in San Fernando,” Romano told the Inquirer on Saturday.
He corresponded with the Inquirer via text while on the long sea trip to Odiongan town on Tablas Island, where the 110 teachers had arranged to go to the local Land Bank branch on a weekend to open ATM accounts to receive their salaries. An earlier batch of teachers had left Sibuyan on Friday for Tablas, Romano said.
Special boat trips
As the regular trip from San Fernando to Odiongan usually takes several rides by land and sea, the teachers arranged for special direct boat trips, renting two boats for about P750 per passenger to cover the P80,000 fee for both boats.
The regular route, which includes long jeepney and boat rides, costs at least P1,000 both ways, said former San Fernando Mayor Nanette Tansingco.
The DepEd had long been pushing to automate its payroll system using ATMs to pay the wages of 600,000 employees nationwide. This saves the government the cost of printing and sending out paychecks of P6 a piece.
Regional finance officers for Region IV-B (Mimaropa) have explained that consultations with DepEd personnel on Sibuyan had been held and they promised to facilitate the installation of an ATM on the island.
“The DepEd can save P6 per employee every month, but an ordinary teacher has to spend hundreds just to get their salary,” said Romano.
Tansingco said Sibuyan residents had long been appealing for government banks to establish a presence on the island.
When in Cebu City, please visit gregmelep.com for your real estate and retirement needs.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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