3,000 Cotabato workers face layoffs amid city hall budget feud

Cotabato Mayor Bruce Matabalao and his rival, Vice Mayor Butch Abu, point fingers at each other

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Cotabato Mayor Bruce Matabalao said the services of about 3,000 contractual local government employees will be terminated from their positions starting Thursday, October 17. Without the additional funds, the city government could no longer sustain its current workforce, he said. Abu said the city council approved a budget of P1.58 billion, or P131.6 million per month, for city hall for this year. Out of this, he said, P75 million was intended for the salaries.

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