Upon President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive, teachers and other poll workers who rendered services during the 2025 midterm elections will receive an additional PhP1,000 as election honoraria.

Presidential Communications Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said President Marcos directed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to increase the election honoraria of teachers and other poll workers.

Undersecretary Castro said the Php1,000 is in addition to the earlier PhP2,000 across-the-board increase in election allowances ordered by the President.

“Alinsunod sa direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., dinagdagan pa ng Department of Budget and Management ng isang libong piso ang election honorarium ng mga guro at poll workers,” Castro said in a press briefing in Malacañang on Monday.

As a result, the new honoraria rates for members of the Electoral Board are PhP13,000 for the chairperson, PhP12,000 for the poll clerk, PhP12,000 for the third member, and PhP9,000 for the support staff.

Meanwhile, the new rates for volunteer staff members from the Department of Education (DepEd) are: supervisors, Php12,000; supervisors’ admin support staff, Php9,000; and supervisors’ tech support staff, Php10,000.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that nearly 760,000 poll workers nationwide rendered services during the May 12 elections.

Malacañang praised the poll workers who had worked until the early morning hours of the following day after the elections to secure the voting process and ensure that the votes would be counted accurately.

“Saludo po kami sa inyong dedikasyon,” Castro said of the poll workers. |PND