SENATE Majority Leader Joel Villanueva renewed his call for the government to provide security of tenure by absorbing qualified workers hired under temporary arrangements.
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.
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., This news data comes from:http://bfrm-jhuy-frn-cywv.xs888999.com
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.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
”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.
- Search for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills 800
- Vico Sotto could challenge VP Sara in 2028 race – survey
- Govt monitoring Chinese ‘sleeper agents’ in PH
- Thai Court: PM Shinawatra violated ethics rules
- Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
- Trump moves to end US tariff exemption for small packages
- Ukraine's children start new school year in underground classrooms to avoid Russian bombs
- Anti-fake news bill filed anew in House
- LTO told to summon 2 DPWH engineers with fake driver’s license
- Marcos declares holidays for 2026
