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://rtyvpr.gangzhifhm.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.
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.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
- Legarda pushes Magna Carta of Waste Workers
- Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm. What to know about the parasite
- House panel defers 2026 DPWH budget until agency submits changes
- No winner in Ultra, Megalotto draws for Sept 5
- Majority of Filipinos unaware of vote buying in 2025 elections, OCTA survey shows
- The rot goes deep: Marcos decries decades-old corruption
- ‘Lannie’ will bring rain showers, thunderstorms over North Luzon —Pagasa
- Lacson: Torre 'acted beyond his authority'
- Major road closures in Manila announced for 2025 Bar Examinations
- India to probe giant zoo run by son of Asia's richest person
