#Eleksyon2025 poll workers in Lapu-Lapu City claim honorarium
Teachers who constituted the Electoral Board in Barangays Pangan-an, Caohagan, Caubian, Tungasan, Tingo, Talima, Caw-oy, Baring, San Vicente, Santa Rosa, Sabang, Pusok, Subabasbas, Pajo, and Punta Engaño, received their honorarium at about 1 p.m. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
Teachers in other barangays in mainland Lapu-Lapu City are set to receive their honorarium on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, while support staff members are to get their honorarium on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, and Thursday, May 22, 2025.
On Friday, May 23, 2025, other support staff members and technicians will get their honorarium.
According to Atty. Ann Janette Lamban, election officer of COMELEC Lapu-Lapu City, there is a total of 906 Electoral Boards, 836 support staff members, 117 Priority Polling Place (PPP) support staff members, and 12 support staff members for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL).
The Electoral Board chairperson is set to receive P12,000; P11,000 for poll clerks and the third member; and P8,000 for each Electoral Board support staff member.
However, a 15-percent tax will be deducted from the said amounts.
Further, Atty. George Erwin Garcia, COMELEC chairman, has announced that poll workers will get an additional P1,000.
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