{"id":20211,"date":"2026-05-28T00:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=20211"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:11:49","slug":"senator-calls-for-p1500-monthly-subsidy-for-5m-minimum-wage-earners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/senator-calls-for-p1500-monthly-subsidy-for-5m-minimum-wage-earners\/","title":{"rendered":"SENATOR CALLS FOR P1,500 MONTHLY SUBSIDY FOR 5M MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SENATOR Win Gatchalian reiterated his call for a P1,500 monthly subsidy for about 5 million minimum wage earners following a rapid increase in inflation last month, slower economic growth in the first quarter of the year, and forecasts of persistently high inflation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLest we forget, the country is still in a crisis amid all the political noise. Our people, particularly the vulnerable sectors, are suffering from high prices of basic commodities and need a little respite,\u201d Gatchalian said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He pointed out that the 7.2% inflation rate significantly eroded purchasing power. Using P1,000 in 2018 as the base<\/strong><strong> value, purchasing power declined from P775.80 to P732.60 for the total population, and from P773.40 to P715.82 for the bottom 30% of the population.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gatchalian said the subsidy would not only ease the financial burden on minimum wage earners but also boost domestic consumption and help stimulate the economy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMalaking bahagi ng sweldo ng mga minimum wage workers ang napupunta sa pang-araw-araw na gastusin kagaya ng pagkain at pamasahe. Kailangan natin silang tulungang malagpasan ang krisis na patuloy nating hinararap,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The P1,500-per-month subsidy is one of the recommendations of the Senate PROTECT ad hoc panel. If approved, the subsidy is expected to cost the government P7.5 billion per month.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENATOR Win Gatchalian reiterated his call for a P1,500 monthly subsidy for about 5 million minimum wage earners following a rapid increase in inflation last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20214,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211\/revisions\/20214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}