Two weeks before he steps down from office, President Aquino has vetoed two bills – one that seeks to further increase the entry level salary for nurses by four grades, and the other on the condonation of unpaid taxes of local water districts. Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said President Aquino has vetoed the enrolled consolidated House Bill No. 6411/ Senate Bill No. 2720 which seeks the enactment of a comprehensive nursing law. “In his message, President Aquino noted that the minimum base pay for entry-level nurses has already been increased through Executive Order (EO) No. 201, series of 2016, which raised their total guaranteed annual compensation from P228,924.00 to P344,074.00, apart from other benefits and allowances they receive, such as under the Magna Carta of Public Health,” Coloma said. “The President said that the bill, which proposes to further increase the entry level salary for nurses by four [...]
