BSP execs still highest paid in gov't - COA
The Philippine Star|May 04, 2024
Executives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas have dominated anew the Commission on Audit (COA)’s annual list of highest paid government officials, with BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr. topping the list with a net pay of P35.48 million last year.
BSP execs still highest paid in gov't - COA

Based on COA’s “2023 Report on Salaries and Allowances” or ROSA, uploaded on its website on Thursday, Remolona’s net pay grew by P29.3 million or 474 percent from the P6.18 million net pay he received in 2022 where he was not even in the top 20 but at 132nd.

The COA’s breakdown showed that Remolona’s net pay for 2023 included P5.97 million in basic salary as BSP governor for six months (July to December) and P3.3 million in basic salary as BSP Monetary Board member for six months (January to June); P11.7 million in allowances; P10.01 million in bonus, incentives and benefits; P2 million in discretionary and extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses (EME); P24,000 in additional compensation and honorarium; and additional P2.47 million from “prior years’ adjustment.”

Remolona took the top spot from his predecessor, former BSP governor Felipe Medalla, who was relegated to second spot with a net pay of P28.05 million from P34.17 million in 2022.

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