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		<title>Cotabato Vice Mayor Clarifies City Council&#8217;s Non-Involvement in Unpaid Salaries for 3,000 Contract Workers</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cotabato City – Vice Mayor Johari &#8220;Butch&#8221; Abu has issued an official statement addressing concerns about the unpaid salaries of over 3,000 Contract of Service (COS) and job order (JO) employees in the city, clarifying that the City Council (Sangguniang Panlungsod) is not at fault for the issue. In his statement, Vice Mayor Abu revealed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3,000 Cotabato City Government Workers Face Job Loss</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Up to 3,000 Contract of Service Employees (CSEs) under the executive department of Cotabato City Government are at risk of losing their jobs. Mayor Bruce Matabalao has announced that the delay in the executive department&#8217;s salary increase proposal has left the city local government unit (LGU) with no choice but to terminate the contracts of these workers. Mayor&#160;Matabalao&#160;expressed&#160;his&#160;regret&#160;in&#160;informing&#160;the&#160;workers&#160;that&#160;their&#160;employment&#160;would&#160;end&#160;starting&#160;tomorrow,&#160;October&#160;16,&#160;2024.&#160;He&#160;stated&#160;that&#160;the&#160;proposal&#160;remains&#160;pending&#160;with&#160;the&#160;Sangunian&#160;Panglungsod,&#160;and&#160;there&#160;are&#160;no&#160;funds&#160;available&#160;to&#160;pay&#160;the&#160;affected&#160;employees.&#160;Despite&#160;understanding&#160;the&#160;procedural&#160;measures&#160;being&#160;taken&#160;by&#160;the&#160;Sangunian&#160;Panglungsod,&#160;the&#160;situation&#160;has&#160;forced&#160;the&#160;Mayor&#8217;s&#160;hand. The&#160;Mayor&#160;has&#160;offered&#160;an&#160;alternative&#160;for&#160;the&#160;displaced&#160;workers:&#160;they&#160;may&#160;sign&#160;a&#160;Voluntary&#160;Undertaking,&#160;allowing&#160;them&#160;to&#160;continue&#160;working&#160;for&#160;the&#160;City&#160;Government&#160;while&#160;awaiting&#160;budget&#160;approval&#160;for&#160;their&#160;salaries.&#160;Mayor&#160;Matabalao&#160;remains&#160;hopeful&#160;that&#160;a&#160;resolution&#160;will&#160;be&#160;reached&#160;soon&#160;to&#160;address&#160;the&#160;financial&#160;needs&#160;of&#160;the&#160;affected&#160;employees.]]></description>
		
		
		
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