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By Junex Doronio
DESPITE THE CONSTANT BULLYING OF CHINA, Taiwan has remained unfazed and even looking for some 800,000 workers come December, with job openings for Filipino teachers who can teach English to receive P100,000 up to P150,000 monthly salary.
This was announced on Wednesday, September 13, by former Labor Secretary and now Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) chairman Silvestre “Bebot” Bello III, who said that aside from teachers Taiwan needs , hospitality workers, caregivers, and more.
“Sa ngayon pa lang ang kailangan nila ay 28,000 workers pero by December they will officially announce na nangangailangan sila ng 800,000 workers – hospitality workers, caregivers, teachers, farmers, construction workers,” Bello said in his interview on TeleRadyo Serbisyo.
He disclosed that teachers in Taiwan earn as much as P100,000 a month even before passing the board.
“Kung certified ka na is P150,000,” Bello said.
It was learned that the teacher’s salary in the Philippines generally falls between P27,000 and P31,320 by 2023.
A Teacher I, for example, receives only
P27,000, while for the more experienced Teacher III, the salary goes up to P31,320.
“Ang mga benefits sa Taiwan ay napakaganda. ‘Yung treatment ng mga Taiwanese employer sa kanilang workers ay napakaganda,” Bello stressed.
Meanwhile, China’s “bullying” on democratically-ruled Taiwan which is considered a “renegade province” by the communist government in the mainland continues.
On Wednesday, September 13, Taiwan said it had detected 35 Chinese warplanes around the island in a few hours, with some flying to the Western Pacific to join China’s Shandong aircraft carrier for a “joint sea and air training.” (ai/mnm)
