Police, soldiers to get pay hike this month

Government civilian employees and members of the police and the military will get the second of four programmed salary increases beginning this month, one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers said on Tuesday.

“There will be another round of salary increaseS this year, both for civilian [workers] and [members of the] military and policemen,” Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said during a news briefing in Malacanang.