SENATE Majority Leader Joel Villanueva renewed his call for the government to provide security of tenure by absorbing qualified workers hired under temporary arrangements., This news data comes from:http://www.gyglfs.com
The senator was referring to job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) employees, considering that there are available plantilla positions in their respective organizations.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
He made the appeal during the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) presentation of the 2026 National Expenditure Program before the Senate Committee on Finance on Monday.
Villanueva expressed alarm at the steady rise of “endo” (end of contract) workers in government, reaching 939,771 JOs and COS workers in 2024. This figure was on top of the estimated 2 million permanent positions in government.
”Despite raising this concern every year for the past nine years, this practice is still ongoing,” Villanueva said.
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman assured Villanueva that the DBCC is prioritizing providing plantilla positions to qualified JOs and COS employees in the implementation of the recently signed law on optimizing the bureaucracy.
- Taiwan: China illegally deploying oil rigs in its waters
- Major road closures in Manila announced for 2025 Bar Examinations
- MMDA unveils plan to build rainwater impounding facilities in Camp Aguinaldo
- PH economic losses hit 100B from corruption in flood control projects
- Lacson replaces Marcoleta as Blue Ribbon panel chairman
- Rise in HFMD cases due to better reporting, not outbreak
- Rains over Metro Manila, parts of PH as LPA may develop into 'short-lived' tropical depression
- Philippines to work more closely with US amid regional challenges
- China displays its weaponry in a tightly controlled military parade
- Xi meets Modi as China and India seek to rebuild ties
