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ACT slams Senate move to ‘divert’ P55B from MPBF to LGU funds
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines strongly condemns the Senate's decision to slash P55 billion from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) in the 2026 national budget.
ACT Philippines argues that this significant reduction will prevent public school teachers, state university and college faculty, and other government employees from receiving essential benefits.
These anticipated benefits include much-needed salary adjustments, Performance-Based Bonuses (PBB), funding for vacant positions, and improvements in staffing.
ACT Chairperson Ruby Ana Bernardo highlighted that the P55 billion cut could have been used to increase the Personal Economic Relief Allowance (PERA), create plantilla positions in the Department of Education (DepEd) and SUCs, and regularize contractual workers.
Instead, Bernardo stated that the funds were redirected to Local Government Unit (LGU) discretionary allocations, raising concerns about potential political patronage and misuse of funds.
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