00:00 The Department of Education assured that it will provide service recognition incentives, or SRI,
00:05 for teaching and non-teaching personnel of Cagawaran before Christmas.
00:10 According to DepEd spokesperson, Attorney Michael Poa,
00:13 the funding for this is at P17.8 billion.
00:16 Each county will receive P18,000.
00:20 DepEd explained that they tried to reach P20,000 for SRI,
00:26 but the funds of Cagawaran did not allow it.
00:29 However, the Department announced that it is higher than last year, which was only P15,000.
00:36 Now, seven regions have started to receive SRI.
00:40 DepEd asked for the understanding of those who will receive SRI
00:44 that Cagawaran has not yet controlled the tax that will be reduced here.
00:51 DepEd policy is not the tax, it is really in our tax laws.
00:55 So, it is provisioned in the tax laws and DepEd has no control over the tax of these benefits.
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