-QC GOVERNMENT, DAPAT MAGBIGAY NG YEAREND INCENTIVES SA MGA KAWANI NITO — DEFENSOR

Hinimok ni Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Quezon City na bigyan ng year-end incentives ang lahat na mga empleyado nito katumbas ng isang buwang sahod.

Sinabi ni Defensor na maging isang karagdagang financial assistance ang insentibong ito sa mga city personnel na karamihan, kagaya sa mga nakararami, ay nagdusa sa kahirapang pang-ekonomiya na dulot ng Covid-19 pandemic.

Ayon sa kanya, mayroong pinansiyal na kapasidad ang lungsod para makapamigay ng year-end bonus.

Idinagdag pa ng solon na batay sa sariling ulat ng lungsod, nakakolekta ang pamahalaan ng P22 bilyon magmula sa local taxes noong 2020 at tinatayang makaka-kolekta pa ng mas mataas ngayong taon, maliban pa sa bilyones na internal revenue allotments bilang bahagi ng share nito mula sa national taxes.

“Clearly, the city can afford the extra one-month salary, in addition to other incentives and compensation city employees are entitled to under the law,” he added.

Defensor pointed out that Quezon City owes its financial stability largely to its personnel and residents religiously paying their taxes.

“It’s high time the city shows its appreciation to its workforce through an additional one-month salary grant,” he stressed.

He said all city employees, whether permanent, casual or contractual, should receive the incentive.

Earlier, District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo, Defensor’s vice mayor-candidate, made a similar call.

The Defensor-Castelo Malayang Quezon City team has unveiled a P17-billion economic recovery package that calls for direct financial aid to the poor and small businesses, improved pandemic responses and new infrastructure projects.

The two have also proposed a five-percent tax discount to all businesses in the city.