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 ==[[Quirino News]]==
-'''Saguday farmers show off skills in 1st Farmers Olympics'''
+'''Wage board consults public on minimum wage increase'''
-*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451334729588
+*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461334823092
-*Wednesday 18th of April 2012
+*Friday 20th of April 2012
-:by  (TCB-PIA 2)
+:by  Oliver T. Baccay
-SAGUDAY, Quirino, April 18 (PIA) -- Farmers of the nine barangays of this rice-producing town took a rest from their daily work in their rice fields to join the contested activities during first ever Farmers Olympics yesterday, which highlighted the 2012 Pagay-Pagay festival here.
+TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity - Region 2 consulted employers and employees in the region on possible increase of the minimum wage.
-Each barangay was represented by an eight-member team composed of at least eight bonafide farmers, a team manager and the Sangguniang Bayan in-charge of the barangay.
+Board Secretary Loreta Aquino said members of the board have been considering a review of the present minimum wage for possible increase, in consideration of the price increases in fuel, and in basic and prime commodities that affect the livelihood of the people.
-Of the nine teams (La Paz, Magsaysay (Pob.), Rizal (Pob.), Salvacion, Santo Tomas, Tres Reyes, Cardenas and Gamis), Barangay Gamis emerged the overall champion in the contested activities, such as Sangal y Botones (knot-tying), Irik-Irik (threshing), Banbanen (rice straw out of bamboo tree), sprayer assembling and disassembling, Pusi (manual corn shelling), Ginnuyudan (tug of war), and Kariada (carrying of cavans of rice).
+Heidelwina Tarrosa, supervising labor employment officer, said the present minimum wage for non-agriculture sectors is P242 for Cagayan, P245 for Isabela, P238 in Nueva Vizcaya, and P237 for Batanes and Quirino provinces.
-They brought home a cash prize of P8,000, trophy and giveaways.
+For the agriculture sector, the minimum wage is at P230 in Cagayan, P233 in Isabela, P226 and Nueva Vizcaya, and P225 for both Batanes and Quirino.
-Barangay Salvacion came as 1st runner up with P6,000 cash prize and various giveaways while Baragay Magsaysay emerged as 2nd runner up with P4,000 cash prize and giveaways.
+In retail and service that employ more than 10 workers, the wage at minimum is set at P234, P237, P230, and P229, respectively. Conversely, those with less than 10 employees puts the minimum wage at P207 for Cagayan, P210 for Isabela, P203 for Nueva Vizcaya, and P202 for Batanes and Quirino.
-Barangay Rizal on the other hand won in the Search for Nuang of the Year.
+Tarrosa added that since the implementation of the present wage order last year, there are still employers who do not implement the said minimum wage, reasoning that their small businesses cannot meet the needed wage increases.
-Sangguniang Bayan Ric Cadiente, farmers congress committee chair, said the occasion is one way of thanking the farmers for tirelessly providing foods in every Sagudayeno family’s table and for their contribution to the rice self sufficiency program of the national government.
+During the consultation held here, majority of the participants from the employees' sector wants a P15 wage hike, however, some employers appealed to lower it down due to strong competition in major industries in the region and the effects of disasters and oil price hikes that directly affect their businesses.
-“You deserve a break from your work for you have done too much for the development of not only our municipality but in the entire country,” Cadiente told the farmers.
+Aquino said that the wage board of the region has accepted proposals, justifications, and the the appeal of the employers sector for review and consideration of the board members to whether approve or disapprove the regional wage hike for 2012. (TCB/OTB-PIA 2)
-Meanwhile, Gamis farmers who were interviewed said they came not only to compete but also to mingle with the other farmers, agriculture officials as well as local officials and share their different experiences in farming.
-In this way, they said, they can learn new technologies which they can apply in their farms. Among the contested activities for the Olympics are Search for Nuang (carabao) of the Yearrelay for the group events.
-Saguday is basically an agricultural municipality, the ice granary of the province, wherein 87.89% of the total population are engaged in farming as a means of livelihood of the total land area of 6,826.0000 hectares, and 78% representing 5,415.6226 hectares are devoted to agriculture.
-At present, a total of the total 1,688 hectares of irrigable area in Saguday is planted to palay and 680 hectares corn with a total yield of 5,440 metric tons per cropping.
 ==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==