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The welfare of workers should be among the top priorities in creating a recovery plan for the country, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chairman of the Senate labor committee, lamented that in the past few months, workers’ welfare was glossed over as seen in the different policies and programs implemented by the government. “Tingi-tingi […]
The congressional approval of the House-passed proposal on a three-year, P1.5-trillion stimulus program anchored on infrastructure spending mainly in rural communities will let the government effectively implement the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program and provide quick employment to Filipinos left jobless as a result of the quarantine measures imposed since March in Luzon and other parts of the country. Deputy Speaker LRay […]
To expedite the process of testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially on some 500,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) expected to arrive until December, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross, met with officials of concerned agencies to further fine-tune the testing process. “We have to make sure that we […]
Cabinet Secretary and Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-IED) Co-Chair Karlo Nograles said on Friday that job and employment prospects remain positive even during the COVID-19 pandemic “because some businesses are resilient, remain extremely relevant and are in fact booming despite the prevailing global health crisis.”“We all need to be persistent and creative. […]
In anticipation of another public health-related national emergency, a lawmaker is seeking to institutionalize the enforcement of a moratorium on all residential utility bills for the entire duration of a declared state of calamity.Under House Bill No. 6960 or the Utility Bills Moratorium Law filed by Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles, a moratorium would […]
The House of Representatives has passed on second reading a measure designed to be a three-year stimulus to set the stalled economy back on its high-growth path and an initial booster as well for President Duterte’s new initiative to decongest Metro Manila by creating a lot more infrastructure jobs in the countryside. The chamber passed House Bill […]
Senator Dick Gordon sponsored Senate Resolution No. 436 recognizing the significant contributions of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the country’s fight against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under the leadership of Admiral Joel S. Garcia who retired from the service recently. In his sponsorship speech, Gordon expressed gratitude for the immeasurable role and heroic services of […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that mandates the preparation of a Safe Schools Reopening Plan (SSRP) under the “New Normal” in education. Under Senate Bill No. 1565 or the Education in the New Normal Act, the SSRP guides the reopening of all public and private basic education institutions in the event and aftermath […]
Assisting the labor sector remains a top priority for Senator Joel Villanueva even as the Senate adjourned sine die its first regular session in the 18th Congress without approving the proposed “Bayanihan to Recover as One Act” (Bayanihan 2 bill). Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development, expressed his […]
Citing questionable provisions of the proposed anti-terrorism bill that would have benefited from more exhaustive deliberations in the House, Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. on Wednesday cast his vote against House Bill Number 6875, a measure the lawmaker said was simply a carbon copy of its Senate counterpart. “I vote NO to Senate Bill (SB) […]