Dela Rosa, set to retire in January 2018, said police officers 1 were given priority in the salary increase as they were earning less than senior cops. Responding to one of his followers who clarified if he really meant trillion, Lacson replied: “Yes, T as in trillion as initial seed money.”“Other agencies say 6T or 9T even. Overall, the adjustments will result in a 58.7 percent average increase in base pay for all military and uniformed personnel ranks effective Jan. 1, 2018. Dela Rosa said they were still crafting a proposal to include the pensions of retired policemen in the adjustment. We are still looking for the best option where we could all benefit from the salary increase,” Dela Rosa said.

Source: The Standard October 30, 2017 17:06 UTC