Poll workers to get P1,000 bonus – BusinessWorld Online
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the additional P1,000 across-the-board election allowance for teachers and poll workers.
“The DBM has approved the release of P758.459 million to cover the budgetary requirement for the additional P1,000 election honoraria of our teachers and poll workers,” Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said in a statement on Monday.
This was separate from the initially announced P2,000 increase last May 9, funded under the 2025 General Appropriations Act, she said.
Poll workers should receive their election allowance, including the announced increases, within 10 days after the National and Local Elections, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Comelec said it estimated 758,549 poll workers for the 2025 national and local elections.
Ms. Pangandaman said the increase was in compliance with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s orders to recognize the role of poll workers and teachers as frontliners during the May 13 polls. — Aubrey Rose A. Inosante
