Comelec starts releasing teachers' honoraria

CEBU, Philippines – The Commission on Elections has assured that the teachers' honoraria will be completely released on Tuesday.

Comelec provincial supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said they have already started releasing the honorarium of teachers who served in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

As of yesterday there were already 38 municipal election officers who have claimed the teachers' honoraria for their respective town. According to Castillano, the teachers who served during the elections can claim their honorarium from the election officer of their town.

It is the election officers that determine who served in the last elections.

"The election officers should prepare payroll of the teachers during election para mahibawan if nitunga ba ang teacher or wala unya atong ipa explain sa election officer nganung wa katunga ang teacher," Castillano explained. 

Each teacher is entitled P2,000 for the two-day poll duty.

Meanwhile, Castillano said they will release next week the list of the winning candidates for the barangay and the SK in the province. The poll body is also expected to give the official voters' turnout.

He is however expecting a lower turnout this year compared to the 2007 elections because of the delays in the arrival of the election paraphernalia. Castillano said that the normal turnout for barangay and SK elections is 80-percent but because of the problems in the delivery of the poll materials, he said the 70-percent turnout is already high. (FREEMAN)