P40 NCR wage hike approved Marcos sees ‘good compromise’ on pending salary increase petitions

By Vito Barcelo and Charles Dantes

THE minimum wage in Metro Manila will go up P40, from P570 to P610 a day for non-agricultural workers in the private sector and from P533 to P573 a day for agricultural workers starting July 16.

The regional wage board in the National Capital Region (NCR) also said that the agricultural daily rate would apply to service and retail establishments with 15 or fewer workers and manufacturing establishments with fewer than 10 workers.

Before the wage order was announced, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said a wage increase was possible.

During a courtesy visit at the Malacanang Palace of International Labor Organization Director General Gilbert F. Houngbo, Marcos said the government is in negotiations with workers, labor unions, and organizations to discuss a compromise for the possible wage hike.

“But I think our negotiations with workers, with the unions, with the different negotiations, we will be able to

By Charles Dantes

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that no deal has been made yet between the Philippines and the United States to house Afghan refugees in the country.

Mr. Marcos made the clarification amid reports circulating online that the