Justices cry foul over unpaid benefits, new taxes By Gerry Baldo 09/01/2010

Justices cry foul over unpaid benefits, new taxes By Gerry Baldo 09/01/2010 Amid the fat pay checks and frivolous perks accorded the employees of government-owned and controlled corporations, thousands of justices and judges around the country have been left hoping that their promised benefits amounting to P900 million would be paid by the Aquino government. According to lawyer Midas Marquez, Supreme Court administrator and spokesman, there are 2,308 justices and judges whose benefits have been left unpaid since 2007. Marquez, who was yesterday at the House of Representatives to brief  lawmakers on the judiciary, said that the unpaid benefits have been accrued from four executive orders issued in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, mandating salary increases and benefits for the justices and judges. Marquez said that the discrepancy has affected 2,200 judges, nine justices in the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), 69 justices in the Court of Appeals (CA),15 justices in the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan and 15 justices in the Supreme Court (SC)... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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