The lowest wage we met at a resort at Siargao Island is 1500 piso per month, 15-16 hours a day every day of the year.
That gives 50 piso per day.
What can you buy for 50 piso?
- 1,5 kilo rice = 50 piso
- 10 eggs = 50 piso
- 1,5 kg bananas = 50 piso
- 400 g chicken = 50 piso
- 0,25 kg Carabao meat = 50 piso
- 0,4 kg Pork meat = 50 piso
- 3/4 litre gasoline = 50 piso
- 1 kilo small fish = 50 piso
- 0,5 kg Tuna 0 50 piso
- 4 apples = 50 piso
- 4 oranges = 50 piso
- 4 mingo = 50 piso
- 2,5 packet of cigarettes = 50 piso
- Half a burger at Jollibee = 50 piso
- Half way to Dapa from GL by habal habal = 50 piso
- Ten songs at Videooke = 50 piso
- One big bottle of beer = 50 piso
- Two big Coke or Sprite = 50 piso
- Ten minutes in cell phone = 50 piso
- One letters abroad = 50 piso
50 piso a day for 15 hours work!!!
…..someone ought to be ashamed.
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How many days a resort worker have to work for:
One night at a resort: 10-30 days
Breakfast at a resort: 2-3 days
Dinner at a resort: 3-5 days
Mingo juice at resort: 1-1,5 days
Beer at a resort: 1 day
Small hole at dentist: 10 days
A trip to Surigao: 10 days