PASIG CITY, May 16, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) commended the public school teachers for heeding the patriotic call to serve in the 2018 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections and for ensuring its honest, orderly, peaceful, and credible conduct. “I salute and thank our teacher-volunteers who once again went the extra mile in…
2018 Sangguniang Kabataan Elections
DepEd, COMELEC commit to assure timely tax refund for poll teacher-volunteers
PASIG CITY, May 11, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on Friday committed to ensure that volunteer-teachers, with annual basic salary of P250,000 and below, will promptly receive tax refund after the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ruled to impose 5% withholding tax on their honorarium and allowance for…
DepEd, Comelec to uphold welfare, benefits of DepEd teachers, personnel serving in barangay, SK polls
Cognizant of the voluntary nature of poll duties for public school teachers, as mandated by Republic Act No. 10756, or the Election Service Reform Act (ESRA), Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones reaffirmed that their critical role and experience in the orderly and credible conduct of local and national polls aptly warrant increased…
Honoraria for Poll Workers Ready for Release on Election Day
PRESS RELEASE Ref: James Arthur B. Jimenez Director IV, Education and Information Department Commission on Elections Tel. No.: (+632) 525-9294 Date: April 24, 2018 COMELEC: HONORARIA FOR POLL WORKERS READY FOR RELEASE ON ELECTION DAY The Commission on Elections assures poll workers who will render service in the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections…
DepEd to reactivate Election Task Force and Monitoring Center
QUEZON CITY, April 23, 2018 – The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to re-establish its Election Task Force (ETF) and Monitoring Center for public school teachers with poll duties in the local elections from May 13 to 15 at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, DepEd Central Office in Pasig City. Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del…
2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections
Nature & Concept of 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections The 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE2018) scheduled on May 14, 2018 shall be non-partisan, expeditious and inexpensive as provided for in Section 38, Article VI of BP 881. The conduct of elections shall be MANUAL, and the public/private school teachers who will conduct…