Its Wednesday and since Monday I have been glued in to the Kris and James Yap annulment bruhaha. I decided last night that enough is enough and I'd write about what I feel about the issues in the morning. But alas a more eye popping issue is posted in my screen - the extravagance of the salaries and perks of GOCC executives. Media and the people who are following the Kris and James Yup should be more tuned in and critical of the GOCC benefits issue. Why? Because millions of ordinary government employees are suffering from very low salaries but a handful of civil servants likes us are enjoying the salaries and benefits fit for a king. The last time I checked the Philippines is not into monarchy but democracy. Aha naman ang demokrasya ane?Ga antos mi ug sweldo nga dili igo para ipa eskwela sa among mga anak ug sweldo nga kulang para ipalit ug pagkaon para sa among pamily?!!! These GOCC executives should be lined up along the Intramuros wall and shot. The Japanese honorable suicide of kamikaze and hara kiri will not apply to these people because they do not have a conscience. Millions are suffering and hungry but they do not care.
Do they even deserve to receive these perks? The employees in my office are akin to dogs waiting for crumbs from the table because our CNA, a meager amount to some but deliverance from debt to me and majority of emloyees here, has to pass through the eyes of a number of needles just to get approved and be released. And yet there are people in the budget-inflated Government of the Philippines that get monthly salaries and benefits that equal to 2-4 years of a middle rank employee. My God, have these people no shame?
Top earners: COA records showed that the following officials were the top earners among GOCC officials in 2007: Arreza (P14.5 million), Laus (P9.1 million), Alfonso Cruz of Landbank (P7.2 million), Amado Tetangco of the BSP (P6.1 million), Horacio Templo of the SSS (P5.8 million), Jose Carmelo Nograles of Landbank (P5.4 million), Narciso Abaya of BCDA (P5.1 million), then Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza (P4.7 million), Gilda Pico of Landbank (P4.7 million) and Alberto Agra of the Office of Government Corporate Counsel (P4.5 million).
For 2008, the top earners were Arreza (P30.3 million), Laus (P10.9 million), Edgardo Garcia of Development Bank of the Philippines (P10.2 million), Winston Garcia of GSIS (P8.5 million), Ernesto Bitonio of DBP (P7.4 million), Rolando Geronimo of DBP (P7.3 million), Feliciano Salonga of SBMA (P7.7 million), Templo (P6.4 million), Abaya (P6.2 million) and Tetangco (P6.1 million).
For 2009, the top earners were Arreza (P26.8 million), Ricafort (P14.5 million), Garcia (P12.7 million), Tetangco (P10.7 million), Bitonio (P9.3 million), Geronimo (P9.8 million), Abaya (P7.6 million), Templo (P7.7 million), Armando Samia of DBP (P6.9 million) and Maria Theresa Quirino of DBP (P6.7 million).
SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza’s financial package included P1.5 million (basic salary), P40,000 (per diem allowance), P100,000 (representation and transportation allowance) and P145,800 (bonus and incentives). In addition, Arreza was entitled to “extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses” (EME) worth P18.1 million, an amount intended for activities such as “meetings, seminars, conferences, special entertainment and public relations.”
If you want to check out the details, read your newspaper! Mga igsoon sa panarbaho sa gobyerno, magpakabana ta!
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