DepEd to replace teachers’ bonus lost to robbers

Pasig City (6 January) — The Department of Education, through its Region IV-A office, is making appropriate arrangements to immediately replace the teachers’ bonus forcibly taken by robbers.

The heist occurred last December 29 where some P4.9M allotted as cash gifts for 800 teachers in Rizal were grabbed at gunpoint by robbers. According to DepEd Region IV-A Director Paraluman Giron, the regional office is doing its best to replace the amount from available funds.

“We have generated funds to replace the P4.9M productivity enhancement incentive (PEI) of Rodriguez 1 and 2 of the Division of Rizal,” said Giron.

Meanwhile, almost half of all sixteen DepEd regions reported that their P7,000 bonus have been fully released to teachers. (DepEd)