Thousands of disgruntled government teachers in the province of Sulu have threatened to stage mass protest if the government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) fail release their unpaid salaries and other benefits. The ARMM was created as a result of the final peace agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in September 1996.


The teachers are complaining that they have not been paid of their salaries and other benefits since the past year and that their contribution or remittances to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) were not also transmitted to GSIS office in Manila.

Some 1,000 public school teachers sought the help and intervention of Gov. Sakur Tan of Sulu to help them bring the matter to the attention of the president.

The Sug Educators Forum headed by Jackaria Rasik is demanding the Manila government to conduct investigation on reported corruption of government officials in the ARMM. A certain Abdulbasit Pawaki, President of Federation of Sulu Teachers, is also asking the government to conduct investigation and to audit those officials concerned in the ARMM.

The report said that since the time of Nur Misuari as governor of ARMM down to Dr. Farouk Hussin and to the present administration, the teachers in the ARMM region have been complaining of their unpaid salaries and benefits as well as their GSIS remittances.

Mr. Ahmad Jundam of Indanan Sulu in a telephone interview told Luwaran that the teachers in his municipality are also complaining of the same predicament.

Meanwhile, the SSS office in Cotabato City has been transferred to Kidapawan City  recently for security reasons. Some employees are reportedly receiving threats from still unknown individuals, demanding them to shut their mouth or else they would be silenced forever.

 Effort by Luwaran to verify this report failed.

source: luwaran website

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