ACT slams Senate move to ‘divert’ P55B from MPBF to LGU funds

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate should reconsider its move to divert the P55 billion from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) to the discretionary funds of local government units (LGUs), as a teachers’ group on Wednesday condemned the diversion as a “direct assault” on the livelihoods of all government workers, including teachers. The Alliance of