BARMM employees eager for year-end bonus under regular parliament

COTABATO CITY – About 40,000 employees of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are eagerly awaiting the release of their year-end bonus, one month’s basic pay plus a P5,000 cash gift, their first under the first elected regular parliament.

Minister Ubaida Pacasem of the Ministry of Finance and the Budget and Management (MFBM-BARMM) said his office has already released the P1.8 billion for BARMM workers’ year-end bonuses.

“Reminding ministries, offices, and agencies across the region to ensure the timely release of the one-month basic salary and P5,000 cash gift, simultaneous with the first payroll of November,” Pacasem said in a statement on Tuesday.

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BARMM workers expect them to be in their ATM accounts by Nov. 12 or 13.

“The year-end bonus is a welcome recognition of the dedication and hard work of public servants who continue to serve the Bangsamoro people,” Pacasem said.

Pacasem said the MFBM remains committed to ensuring the timely, proper delivery of government funds to support the public service workforce.

But a job worker who gave his name as Alexis said not everyone working in the BARMM has a reason to celebrate.

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“Thousands of job order workers and contract of service workers are excluded from the year-end bonus and cash gift,” he said.

“I hope the new BARMM leadership would also consider us JOs and COS workers, so that, like regular workers, we too can celebrate this coming holiday season,” he said./coa