145 IBC-13 EMPLOYEES RECEIVED RETIREMENT PAY AFTER 22 YEARS – PCO

A total of 145 employees of the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) have received their retirement pay, more than two decades since they left the state-run media firm, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Saturday.

In a statement, the PCO said it took 22 years and 28 management teams of the corporation before the retirement pay worth P500 million was released. 

At least 25 of the retirees have already passed away before they could have received their retirement pay, the PCO said.

Most of the remaining retirees are also on maintenance medicines or are dealing with medical problems, while some are “gravely ill,'' IBC-13 president and CEO Jimmie Policarpio said. 

“The President gave the instruction to help resolve their claims, as addressing the welfare of media workers is one of the cornerstones of his administration and of the PCO. So it is a great honor for me to be able to be part of this much-awaited and much-deserved awarding of benefits to our colleagues in the media,” PCO Secretary Cheloy Garafil said in her speech at the awarding ceremony on Friday.

Policarpio said the release of retirement pay benefited around 200 families. 

“With spirits of thanksgiving, they can now look forward to enjoying their waning years with dignity and pride in having served God, country, and people,” the IBC-13 management said. 

IBC-13, together with Peoples Television Network and the Presidential Broadcast Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services, compose the media arm of the PCO. — VBL, GMA Integrated News

This article 145 IBC-13 employees received retirement pay after 22 years – PCO was originally published in GMA News Online.

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