READY TO PAY. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao executive secretary Abdulraof Macacua, currently environment secretary and member of Bangsamoro parliament, announced on Friday (Dec. 6) that employees of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) affected by the phase-out program will start getting compensation next week after the recent release of some PHP500-million in gratuity funds for the purpose by the national government. An estimated 6,000 ARMM employees sill get their separation pay as the BARMM rolls out its gradual phase-out plan for the region’s transition period. (Photo courtesy of BPI-BARMM)
COTABATO CITY – Public servants in the Bangsamoro government to be separated from government service as part of the transition period phase-out program will soon get their separation pay, an official said Friday.
Executive Secretary Abdulraof Macacua of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has announced that national government has released about PHP500-million in gratuity funds for the purpose.
The fund will finance the separation pay of employees of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Macacua, also BARMM environment secretary, said BARMM officials and the employees were thankful to President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado for the prompt releases of the service separation funds.
The BARMM phase out program affects more than 6,000 employees after they deemed to have lost their positions under the BARMM government.
On October 31, the first batch of employees ceased working while another batch also deemed to have retired on Nov. 30.
The last batch of the ARMM employees to end government service will have until Dec. 31, 2019. (PNA)
