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Senator Raffy Tulfo proposed a total deployment ban of Filipino workers in Kuwait following the reported murder of domestic helper Jullebee Ranara. Tulfo, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, waited for the arrival of the remains of Ranara at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Friday night, Jan. 27. The burnt body of […]
Following the brutal killing of a 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait, Senator Bong Go is calling for a review of policies governing the deployment of overseas Filipino workers. According to local Kuwaiti media, the burned body of Filipino domestic worker Jullebee Ranara was discovered in a desert in the country on January 22. During […]
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa announced that he is committed to ensuring that the “best of the best” in the Armed Forces of the Philippines will be the ones to manage the implementation of the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program to avoid abuses and corruption. Dela Rosa, the chairperson of the Senate Subcommittee […]
Amid the high prices of agricultural products such as onions, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee underscored the need to urgently address the lack of post-harvest facilities that could have contributed to low local production and soaring food prices. Lee renewed his call for additional post-harvest facilities after the remarks of Ramon Silverio, Chairman of […]
Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte has filed a measure that aims to improve the welfare of security guards and other members of the private security industry by institutionalizing rules set by the labor department on their employment, working conditions and benefits. Along with Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, Duterte proposed that security guards and other private […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is hopeful of a no-nonsense government drive against illegal online gaming this 2023, following the assurance last month by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy that his office would shut down—in tandem with gaming regulators and law enforcers—illicit gambling websites, and then throw the books […]
APEC Party-list Representative Sergio Dagooc and Occidental Mindoro Lone District Representative Leody Tarriela called on the government to address power outages affecting more than 25 million Filipinos in 32 island provinces in the country. Dagooc said to help address the problem of rotational brownouts, he wrote to House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez for the augmentation […]
The administration of Albay Electric Cooperative Inc. (ALECO) created a task force to hasten the massive right-of-way clearing operation in Albay. During a meeting, ALECO Board President Dir. Eddie Gumba said that one of the leading causes of line outages is the vegetation and other obstruction elements along the routes of power distribution lines, which […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has been conferred the award of “Commendatore” to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in appreciation of her role in strengthening bilateral relations between the Philippines and Italy. The recognition was presented to Legarda by Italian Ambassador to the Philippines Marco Clemente recently at the ambassador’s residence […]
Considering how the country is prone to natural disasters and other calamities, Senator Bong Go reiterated his appeal for the passage of his proposed Mandatory Evacuation Center Act as he welcomed similar measures being pushed by his fellow lawmakers. “Masaya po ako na ‘yung iba pong senador ay gusto rin pong magkaroon ng mandatory evacuation […]