TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 3 -- The new wage order raising the daily pay of workers in the private sector in Eastern Visayas will take effect on Dec. 8, 2025, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) announced on Wednesday.

Wage Order No. RBVIII-25, issued on Nov. 10, 2025, grants a PHP35 daily wage increase for private sector workers. The increase will be implemented in two tranches: PHP17 starting Dec. 8 and PHP18 more on June 1 next year.

"The wage increase will take effect 15 days after the publication of the new wage order on Nov. 22, 2025. The RTWPB issued the order motu proprio after reviewing prevailing wage rates, noting that no petition for an increase was filed," RTWPB Chairperson Dax Villaruel, regional director...