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The House committee on overseas workers affairs chaired by Rep. Jesulito Manalo (Party-list, ANGKLA) has approved House Bill 6138 seeking to grant travel tax exemption to dependents of married or solo parent overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The bill seeks to amend Sections 3 and 35 of the Republic Act (RA) No. 8042, otherwise known […]
The House committee on public order and safety conducted deliberations on various measures mandating members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement agencies to wear body camera during their operations. Rep. Romeo Acop (2nd District, Antipolo City), committee chairman, said equipping law enforcers with body-worn cameras will ensure better evidence documentation […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto called for the initial doubling of the number of permanent job items in the Department of Social Welfare and Development – which he called the “contractualization capital” of the bureaucracy – due to its high number of temporary employees. Recto said the agency only has 2,842 regular employees […]
Senate President Koko Pimentel III led the members of the majority bloc in filing Senate Resolution No. 518, condemning extrajudicial killings “in the strongest sense” and calling on government to “exert and exhaust all efforts” to stop further killings. Sixteen members of the Senate majority joined the resolution. Senator Joel Villanueva, who was on […]
Senator Grace Poe today urged television networks to comply with the recently passed law that obliges TV stations to use subtitles for the benefit of the deaf and hard of hearing and provide them access to important programs. Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public information and mass media and primary author of […]
The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development chaired by Senator Joel Villanueva tackled a proposed measure which seeks to amend the 40-year-old Labor Code. The Committee discussed Senate Bill No. 1571 or An Act Amending Article 83 of the Labor Code espousing alternative working arrangements filed by Villanueva. Under SBN 1571, […]
Senator Chiz Escudero said he will fight to restore the budget allocation for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Senate after the House of Representatives slashed the agency’s spending package for 2018 to a meager P1,000. “The CHR is a constitutional imperative and a necessity, however inconvenient it may be for some. […]
The House committees on government reorganization and national defense and security have jointly formed a technical working group (TWG) that will study and harmonize eight bills seeking to create an independent agency that will handle the country’s disaster preparedness and emergency management. The TWG headed by Rep. Joey Salceda (2nd District, Albay) will harmonize […]
Senate President and PDP Laban Koko Pimentel III, together with House Speaker and PDP Laban Secretary General Bebot Alvarez, were present as the leadership of the province of Compostela Valley and of the regional center Tagum City, Davao del Norte, pledged their allegiance to the ruling party PDP Laban in twin events this weekend. […]
The Senate Committee on Youth chaired by Senator Joel Villanueva tackled a bill seeking to exempt first-time job seekers from paying fees and charges collected by various government agencies for the issuance of documents needed for employment. Under Senate Bill No. 1426 or the “First-time Jobseekers Assistance Act”, exemption from paying government fees and […]