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‘Why only SRA?’ Health workers to pursue mass protest on Sept. 1
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) has set a mass protest for September 1 after the Department of Health (DOH) failed to pay other COVID-19 benefits.
The DOH has not yet provided health workers with the P38,000 meal and transportation allowance allocated from December 2020 to June 2021, in addition to the P3,000 monthly active duty hazard pay.
AHW President Robert Mendoza expressed dismay, questioning why only the Special Risk Allowance (SRA) is being paid when other benefits are owed.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P311.79 million for the SRAs of both public and private healthcare workers.
The DBM stated that the release of further funds for meal and transportation allowances would depend on the DOH's available resources.
The AHW had previously warned of mass protests if the remaining benefits were not rendered by August 31, a deadline also set by President Rodrigo Duterte for the DOH.
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