SENATE Majority Leader Joel Villanueva renewed his call for the government to provide security of tenure by absorbing qualified workers hired under temporary arrangements.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers, This news data comes from:http://uwpyehsd.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
- Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
- Indonesia protests put spotlight on paramilitary police force
- Ballots for oct 13 BARMM polls completed – Comelec
- Philippines nears universal healthcare, 80% goal achieved -- Marcos
- 20 people missing after deadly Indonesia protests
- Marcos to create independent commission to investigate flood control anomalies
- SpaceX scrubs latest Starship launch due to bad weather
- Israel launches new spy satellite in 'message' to enemies
- CFO office moves from Quezon City to Pasay
- Artikulo Onse' group calls for independent panel to probe flood control corruption
