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Senator Joel Villanueva has urged his colleagues in the Senate to pass the proposed Labor Education Act that would require tertiary education institutions to integrate into their general education curriculum the rights of Filipino laborers. In a sponsorship speech, Villanueva said the proposed bill would address the problem of labor rights violations in the workplaces by […]
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri is lending his support to Mindanao farmers who are struggling against imported feed wheat. Local farmers have approached the senator from Mindanao to raise their predicament of having to compete with imported wheat feed in the market, amid the harvest season for locally produced corn. “We need to help […]
Senator Joel Villanueva welcomed the filing of administrative and criminal charges against Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel who allegedly facilitated the entry of illegal foreign workers who were eventually employed by Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) firms. Villanueva lamented that the surge of illegal foreign workers in the country had been enabled by no less […]
To help local government units roll out their localized version of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP), Senator Win Gatchalian introduced a provision in the Bayanihan to Recover As One Act that authorizes the use of a portion of the Special Education Fund (SEF). Under Section 4 (jjj) of Bayanihan […]
Dinagat Islands Governor Arlene ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao has led the unveiling of a 19.2-kilometer access road connecting two coastal municipalities, enabling for the first time land travel for residents who have been relying on the sea as their primary mode of transport.Bag-ao cited the social and economic benefits of opening up new roads, saying the Legaspi-Diegas Road […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles is hopeful that a project by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) seeking to digitize community-based small businesses will contribute to the success of the “Buy Local, Go Lokal” campaign of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).The DTI, in partnership with the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, has […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte wants the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to check whether its financial service providers (FSPs) are overcharging beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) amid complaints reaching the Camarines Sur solon that certain “abusive” FSPs have been exacting exorbitant convenience fees from the cash payouts of SAP grantee-households. During last week’s […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles announced that a legal aid foundation he founded will expand its services by providing free legal consultations online.“Nais po nating ipagbigay-alam na kasama si Atty. Gio Bautista ng programang Gio Need a Lawyer, available na ang Lakbay Hustisya Foundation para sa mga kababayan nating may nais ikonsulta na isyung […]
On National Heroes’ Day, Senator Kiko Pangilinan called on the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that medical frontliners receive their P500 daily hazard pay. “Let us honor and celebrate our everyday heroes against COVID (coronavirus disease) by paying them their due, and releasing their daily hazard pay is the least we could do,” Pangilinan said. “Releasing […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a bill that aims to provide full, integrated E-Government (eGov) services to the public by the end of 2022. Under Senate Bill No. 1793 or the ‘Full Digital Transformation Act of 2020,’ all government agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), instrumentalities, and local government units (LGUs) are mandated to adopt […]