How does he live on P30T/month?

[istoryaaah]

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Don't be so naive digging things like these kay dili na ni kinahanglan lugiton.
Mayor's salary is less than 60K and city councilors has 33K a month. Why do you think they bite each other's ears to get the position?
Govt officials like the President may have lower based salary but the honorariums, the allowances and the so called discretionary funds for each committee chair is way way beyond what you will imagine.

I was once recruited to work in City Hall with the offer of PhP18K a month. but i commented
"are you kidding me?" how will i support my family with that wage? the answer was straightforward ....
Oh man, forget the salary.

i said no thank you.!

yup.. it's not about the salary. When you apply for a position in the government you don't think about the salary. You think of the honorarium, the bids, the under the table deals, ninong bonus and the most important discretionary fund. That is how the Constituents of the 1987 Constitution built it. You can't see it with your naked eye but its right under your nose.

[LytSlpr]

this isnt confirmed or i cant confirm the source but this is what i heard from a city hall watcher. on one occasion, ni ingon daw ang mayor nga adunay discretionary fund nga siyay magbuot kung asa igasto. ambot ug unsa ka tinuod pero kung tinuod aya-yay.

everybody has discretionary fund, even a barangay captain.

mao na'y rason ang mayor sa davao city sige ug emphasize ug security, peace, orderliness, anti-terrorist bombing, etc. because his intelligence fund from the national government is 1 Billion and is not subject to audit.

[menzymenz]

sus kani si guardo utro sad ni datu kaau

[baning]

all in all..to summarize...it all boils down into.......MONEY and POWER...

[dodongnaki]

pero kong tan awon ninyo ang ginastuhan ni guardo nga sukad pa tuig 2005 hangtud ron para lang ma kongresman, ingon ana ba gyud ka daku iyang kita sa iyang negosyo?

[haroldjizdeortega]

kadaku na anang 30k!

mabuhi man gani nang ga libot-suroy nga way mga sapi, kana pang ga income og 30k??!!

[cebulifer]

bitaw. dako na ng 30k per month. though... dili ko ka afford mag pa eskwela sa UCLA ug mag first class air fare.

[peewee_toot]

c atan ky mamawi na cya kng mka lingkod na...

[lomotel]

such a very entertaining topic and discussion..what Alvin, Atan and Maryann have in common is that they are a pathetic losers every election.

arthro? I'm taking Arthricin now

[walrus]

Jogo! man diay ni si kaw'ATAN. sa ato pa kung dili mayor si Osmena wala siya'y income. makalilimus ba si Tommy sa wala pa siya nag mayor?

kaw'ATAN use your head!