Numbers Don’t Shout—They Explain: Pasig City, Regularization, and the Cost of Half-Truths
Recent online claims suggested that Pasig City stopped regularizing employees and capped the program at around 100 workers. Vico Sotto, however, stepped forward to clarify that these figures were outdated and misleading, tracing them back to data from 2020, not the present situation.
According to Pasig City government records shared publicly, the city’s mass regularization program has progressed far beyond what circulating posts implied. As of end-2025, the majority of Pasig City Hall workers are now regular or permanent employees, a shift that quietly but decisively changed the city’s workforce structure.
📊 What the Numbers Actually Say
Official figures show that:
In March 2019, Pasig had 955 permanent employees, alongside 5,203 casual workers and 2,241 job order personnel.
By March 2025, permanent employees rose sharply to 5,962, while casual workers dropped to 1,437, and job order personnel decreased to 1,498.
In plain terms:
If you randomly pick a name from Pasig City Hall today, you are more likely to pick a regular employee than a casual or job order worker.
That reality does not fit neatly into viral narratives—but it fits the records.
🧱 Why Regularization Matters
The regularization program was designed not as a headline-maker, but as a structural reform:
To provide job security and dignity
To shield rank-and-file workers from political pressure, especially during election seasons
To professionalize local governance by strengthening institutional continuity
As Mayor Sotto explained, the goal is to remove fear and politics from the workplace—an idea rooted in the belief that fast-developing cities require stable and competent bureaucracies, not revolving-door employment.
This is not a story about perfection.
It is a story about accuracy.
Numbers can be weaponized when stripped of context. They can also restore clarity when laid out fully and honestly. Governance improves not when leaders shout the loudest—but when data is presented clearly enough for citizens to judge for themselves.
The Agila does not defend personalities.
It defends facts against distortion.
