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The Senate ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the labor education bill, a measure that seeks to improve education and awareness on labor laws, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, described the development as a “golden opportunity” for both employers and workers to achieve harmony in the workplace […]
Senators gave their thumbs up allowing basketball player Kakou Ange Franck Williams Kouame from the Ivory Coast, and football player Bienvenido Morejon Marañon from Spain to represent the Philippines in international matches. In a unanimous vote of all 23 senators present, the Senate approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8631 under Committee […]
The Senate ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the proposed measure lowering the minimum height limits for applicants of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). The report, a reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1563 authored and principally […]
The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the expansion of the thriving P47-million dairy production, processing, and marketing project in Polomolok town that is supported by the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said they are currently assisting the project’s lead implementer, Unified Engineering Workers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (UEWMPC), […]
A panel of the House of Representatives approved a measure seeking to impose a P20 excise tax per kilo of single-use plastic bags. The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Albay Representative Joey Salceda, approved the committee report on the substituted bill to House Bill 178, which seeks to add a new section designated […]
Following the released survey which identified violence against women as a top concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Win Gatchalian reiterated the need to ensure continued education and protection programs for vulnerable girls to combat gender-based violence amid new lockdown and curfew measures. The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) recently cited the results of […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan has reassured Filipino hog raisers who continue to be affected by the African swine fever (ASF) that the Senate will pass the resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a state of calamity. Pangilinan made the statement after senators agreed with his resolution urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to recommend to […]
Senator Joel Villanueva called on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to clear the air with all government agencies on the lifetime validity of birth certificates, and deal away with the unnecessary need of securing the document issued within the past six months. Villanueva said the concern weighed heavily on Filipinos, particularly jobseekers as it placed […]
A House of Representatives panel has adopted a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to integrate a mental health awareness course in the K to 12 basic education curriculum for all public and private secondary high schools. The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture adopted House Resolution 422, which aims to facilitate the […]
Amid an unsettling surge in coronavirus infections this month, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on implementers of the government’s vaccination program to exert their best effort to accelerate the rollout of the anti-Covid jabs, more so now when the World Health Organization (WHO) itself has observed an increasing public acceptance of the vaccines. […]