ACT Teachers Representative Antonio Tinio is calling on the Department
of Education to grant a P1,000 increase in the Clothing Allowance of
public school teachers and other employees of the department.
In a letter to DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, Tinio pointed out that
the General Appropriations Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10155) authorizes
government agencies to use their budget to provide their employees
with a “uniform or clothing allowance” of not more than P5,000 each
per annum. “This is one thousand pesos more than in previous years,”
he noted.
The Clothing Allowance is an annual allotment given to …

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